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Word: steersman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Named after the second brightest star. In Greek mythology, Canopus was the steersman of famed Menelaus, king of Sparta and husband of even more famed Helen of Troy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Royal Entrance | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...have a footnote explaining the derivation of cybernetics "from χνβερνńτης, Greek for 'steersman.' " I believe the spelling in Greek is κνβερνńτης, the first letter being a Kappa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1950 | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

...From Greek for "steersman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Come the Revolution | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

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