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cox'n

cox'n is the alternative form 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

See all 5 meanings of coxswain

Forms of cox'n

pluralcox'ns

Questions about cox'n

What is cox'n the alternative form of?
Cox'n is the alternative form of coxswain.

Words near cox'n in the dictionary

  1. cox box
  2. cox boxes
  3. Cox Green
  4. Cox ring
  5. Cox rings
  6. cox'n
  7. Cox's Bazar
  8. Cox's Bazar District
  9. Cox's Cove
  10. Cox's Orange Pippin
  11. Cox's Orange Pippins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cox'n (page history and authors); coxswain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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