Definitions for steerage
ˈstɪər ɪdʒsteer·age

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. steeragenoun

   the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

2. steering, steeragenoun

   the act of steering a ship

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. steeragenoun

   The art of steering

2. steeragenoun

   The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accomodation with no individual cabins

3. steeragenoun

   The effect of the helm on a ship

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steeragenoun

   Etymology: from steer.

   1. The act or practice of steering.2. Direction; regulation of a course.

   He that hath the steerage of my course,
   Direct my suit. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   Having got his vessel launched and set afloat, he committed. the steerage of it to such as he thought capable of conducting it. Spectator.

   3. That by which any course is guided.

   His costly frame
   Inscrib’d to Phœbus, here he hung on high,
   The steerage of his wings, and cut the sky. Dryden.

   4. Regulation, or management of any thing.

   You raise the honour of the peerage,
   Proud to attend you at the steerage. Jonathan Swift.

   5. The stern or hinder part of the ship.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steerage

   Steerage is a term for the lowest category of passenger accommodation in a ship. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century considerable numbers of persons travelled from their homeland to seek a new life elsewhere, in many cases North America and Australia. Many of those people were destitute in their homeland and had the minimum of resources to procure transportation. The term later widened to imply the lowest category of accommodation on a passenger vessel.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. steerage

   Steerage refers to the part of a ship historically designated for passengers traveling at the cheapest rate, typically located in the lower decks without much comfort or amenities. It can also refer to the act or process of directing or controlling the path or course of a ship, vehicle or other conveyance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steeragenoun

   the act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship

2. Steeragenoun

   the effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm

3. Steeragenoun

   the hinder part of a vessel; the stern

4. Steeragenoun

   properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare

5. Steeragenoun

   direction; regulation; management; guidance

6. Steeragenoun

   that by which a course is directed

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steerage

   Steerage is the act of steering a ship. "Steerage" also refers to the lowest decks of a ship.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. steerage

   The act of steering. (See NICE STEERAGE.) Also, that part of the ship next below the quarter-deck, immediately before the bulk-head of the great cabin in most ships of war. The portion of the 'tween-decks just before the gun-room bulk-head. In some ships the second-class passengers are called steerage passengers. The admiral's cabin on the middle deck of three-deckers has been called the steerage.

Matched Categories

1. • Accommodation
   • Control

How to pronounce steerage?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of steerage in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of steerage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=steerage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Steerage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=steerage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steerage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steerage
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=steerage
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=steerage