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Answer for the clue "Helm handler ", 7 letters:
steerer

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Word definitions for steerer in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the person who steers a ship [syn: helmsman , steersman ] a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) [syn: decoy ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steerer \Steer"er\ (-[~e]r), n. One who steers; as, a boat steerer.

Usage examples of steerer.

As they entered, brothel steerers, pushers, vendors, all manner of commission men and women and several beggars began yelling and importuning.

I watched a brazen team of lookouts and steerers selling crack on the far corner, beyond the projects.

In booths and at tables and the long bar were toothless bunco steerers, addict-pushers, and devious pimps.

To-day I know how it is that year after year, week after week, the bunco steerer, who is the confidence trick and the card-sharper man of other climes, secures his prey.