What is the name meaning of STEER. Phrases containing STEER
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STEER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Steer.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Steersman; Leader
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a navigator, from Old Norse stýrimaðr ‘steersman’ (a compound of stýra ‘to steer’ + maðr ‘man’).English : from an Old French diminutive form Esturmin of a Germanic byname meaning ‘storm’. Compare Storm.North German (Sturmann) : altered spelling of Stuhrmann, an occupational name for a helmsman, from Middle Low German stūren ‘to steer’ + mann ‘man’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly an ornamental name from Polish szturman ‘mate (of a ship)’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Devon) and German
English (mainly Devon) and German : from Middle English steer, Middle Low German stēr ‘bullock’, hence a nickname for a truculent person or a metonymic occupational name for someone who was responsible for tending cattle.South German : from Middle High German ster ‘ram’, probably a nickname for a hard-nosed, stubborn person.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Variant of Qa'id; Steersman; Leader
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places in England so called, which do not all share the same etymology. The county seat of Staffordshire (which is probably the main source of the surname) is named from Old English stæð ‘landing place’ + ford ‘ford’. Examples in Devon seem to have as their first element Old English stÄn ‘stone’, and one in Sussex is probably named with Old English stÄ“or ‘steer’, ‘bullock’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cattleman, from Middle English stott ‘steer’, ‘bullock’. The term was also occasionally used in Middle English of a horse or of a heifer (and so as a term of abuse for a woman), and these senses may also lie behind some examples of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Steer.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Steersman. Leader.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Steer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who was responsible for tending cattle, from Middle English steer ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’.
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Surname or Lastname
English and French (Gérald)
English and French (Gérald) : from the personal name Gerald, Gérald, composed of the Germanic elements gÄ“ri, gÄri ‘spear’ + wald ‘rule’; it was introduced to Britain from France by the Normans.
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the name of the god Thor and the word geirr "spear," hence "Þórr's spear."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian
Smooth; Soft
Female
Croatian
, harvester.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Caren, CARON means "man." Compare with another form of Caron.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Madhulika | மதà¯à®²à®¿à®•ா
Honey
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
English
An Old English name meaning rich or happy (ead), and spear.
Male
English
A dialectal variant spelling of English Dean, DANE means "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Chinky or Round Face
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STEER
n.
One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
n.
The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
n.
A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
pl.
of Steersman
imp. & p. p.
of Steer
n.
One who steers; steersman.
n.
A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
n.
A young small steer.
superl.
Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
v. t.
To lasso (a steer, horse).
v. i.
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
n.
One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
n.
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
n.
The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
a.
Capable of being steered; dirigible.
n.
One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Steer
n.
A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
v. i. & t.
To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.