"steerer" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bunco-steerer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "steerer tube"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "steer",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "steer + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From steer + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "steerers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "steerer (plural steerers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone or something that steers."
      ],
      "id": "en-steerer-en-noun-EySkVH8o",
      "links": [
        [
          "steer",
          "steer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gambling",
          "orig": "en:Gambling",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, John Scarne, Complete guide to gambling, page 232:",
          "text": "It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in."
      ],
      "id": "en-steerer-en-noun-2w-MVBL5",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lugger"
        },
        {
          "word": "picker-up"
        },
        {
          "word": "roper"
        },
        {
          "word": "runner"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪəɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪɹɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪəɹə(ɹ)/",
      "note": "without the mirror–nearer merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiɹə(ɹ)/",
      "note": "without the mirror–nearer merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiəɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiɹəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛːɹə/",
      "note": "East Anglia, cheer–chair merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "starer (cheer–chair merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "steerer"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪəɹə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪəɹə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Gambling",
    "en:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bunco-steerer"
    },
    {
      "word": "steerer tube"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "steer",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "steer + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From steer + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "steerers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "steerer (plural steerers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone or something that steers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steer",
          "steer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, John Scarne, Complete guide to gambling, page 232:",
          "text": "It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lugger"
        },
        {
          "word": "picker-up"
        },
        {
          "word": "roper"
        },
        {
          "word": "runner"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪəɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪɹɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪəɹə(ɹ)/",
      "note": "without the mirror–nearer merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiɹə(ɹ)/",
      "note": "without the mirror–nearer merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiəɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiɹəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛːɹə/",
      "note": "East Anglia, cheer–chair merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "starer (cheer–chair merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "steerer"
}