steerage
3
9.1
- noun
- /ˈstɪrɪdʒ/
- Archaic
:
camarote de tercera clase
- In the evenings, the steerage passengers come to the cargo deck for papayas in chili and salt.
- steerage passengers
- steerage fares
- steerage class
The gap between being sitting on the president's private jet and being in steerage on Southwest, it's pretty significant.
- The gap between being sitting on the president's private jet and being in steerage on Southwest, it's pretty significant.
Examples
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The steerage business was more profitable than the costly first-class service.
Academic text (1993) -
There are 315 in the steerage, 16 Germans, 2 Englishmen, 2 or 3 Scotchmen, and the others Irish.
Academic text (1993) -
There she was in the steerage.
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Its ships were designed to transport as many steerage passengers as possible.
Academic text (1993) -
Steerage passengers, report to the doctor on the lower deck.
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Steerage passengers report to the doctor on the lower deck.
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Officers locked that to keep the steerage passengers down below decks.
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Hekla II could berth 67 first and second class passengers and 804 in steerage.
Academic text (1993) -
Coming over in steerage, there's no air, there's crowded bodies, there's people being seasick, there's a minimum of food.
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Many immigrants traveled across the ocean in steerage to reach America.
How Comfortable
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3.2
- Archaic
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3.9
- Archaic
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9.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Steerage comes from steer ('to guide') plus the ending -age, which often means a place. It originally named the part of a ship near the steering wheel where people with cheap tickets stayed, so steerage now means the cheapest passenger section.