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cockswain

cockswain is the alternative spelling of coxswain.

Meaning of coxswain

Noun

coxswain (plural coxswains)

  1. In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
  2. The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
  3. (archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
  4. A rank or position.
    • Canadian Navy Coxswain (or Capitaine d'Armes) is the senior non-commissioned officer aboard a ship

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Forms of cockswain

pluralcockswains

Words that rhyme with cockswain

Questions about cockswain

What is cockswain the alternative spelling of?
Cockswain is the alternative spelling of coxswain.

Words near cockswain in the dictionary

  1. cocksure
  2. cocksurely
  3. cocksureness
  4. cocksurenesses
  5. cocksurety
  6. cockswain
  7. cockswains
  8. cocksweat
  9. cocksy
  10. cocktail
  11. cocktail ant

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