coxswain

(käksən, -swān′)

noun

  1. a sailor in charge of a ship's boat and usually acting as its helmsman
  2. the person who steers a racing shell and calls out the rowing rhythm for the crew

Origin: < cock(boat) + swain

See coxswain in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A person who usually steers a ship's boat and has charge of its crew.
  2. A person in a racing shell who usually directs the rest of the crew.
intr. & tr.v. cox·swained, cox·swain·ing, cox·swains
To act as coxswain or serve as coxswain for.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cokswaynne

Origin: : cok, cockboat; see cockboat

Origin: + swain, servant; see swain

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