Coxswain

noun

/ˈkɒk.s(ə)n/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounIn a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.

2.nounThe member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.

3.nounThe second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.

4.nounA rank or position.

"British Royal Navy Cadets Cadet Coxswain is the highest normal rank which may be achieved."

5.verb(intransative) To act as coxswain for.

"to coxswain a boat"

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