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coxswain
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coxswain has 1 sense
- coxswain(n = noun.person) cox - the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew; Array is a kind of helmsman, steerer, steersman
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coxswain, n. & v.
--n.
1 a person who steers, esp. in a rowing-boat.
2 the senior petty officer in a small ship.
--v.
1 intr. act as a coxswain.
2 tr. act as a coxswain of.
--n.
1 a person who steers, esp. in a rowing-boat.
2 the senior petty officer in a small ship.
--v.
1 intr. act as a coxswain.
2 tr. act as a coxswain of.
Derivative
coxswainship n.
Etymology
ME f. cock (see COCKBOAT) + SWAIN: cf. BOATSWAIN
THESAURUS
coxswain
Gyropilot, automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, cicerone, conner, courier, cowherd, cox, docking pilot, dragoman, drover, goatherd, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herd, herdsman, mercury, navigator, pilot, pointer, river pilot, sailing master, shepherd, steerer, steersman, tour director, tour guide, wheelmanROGET THESAURUS
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Mariner
N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.
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