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coxswain
[ kok-suhn ]
noun
- a person who steers a racing shell.
- a person who is in charge of a ship's boat and its crew, under an officer, and who steers it.
coxswain
/ -ˌsweɪn; ˈkɒksən /
noun
- the helmsman of a lifeboat, racing shell, etc Also calledcockswain
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Pronunciation Note
The spelling pronunciation [kok, -sweyn] is almost never used.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coxswain1
C15: from cock a ship's boat + swain
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He likened Ambriz’s job to that of a coxswain in crew, getting multiple participants, with their own “fiefdoms and lease lines,†rowing in the same direction.
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George as a director, you are like a coach or coxswain.
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While the book’s release in 2013 brought a lot of attention to the program, women’s coxswain Grace Murdock thinks the movie will take things to another level.
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Daniel Hurd, lifeboat coxswain said: "Stay away - it's just too dangerous."
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It's a year that has pushed coxswain Kennedy - a Paralympic champion in the mixed coxed four - harder than any race.
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