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sternwheeler

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Definition of sternwheeler

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noun

  1. A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
    “Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree English stern Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English sternwheel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sternwheeler From sternwheel + -er.

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