Word.ws English Dictionary

coxes

coxes is the plural of cox.

Meaning of cox

Noun

cox (plural coxes)

  1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
    • A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […]

See all 7 meanings of cox

Proper noun capitalized: Coxes

Coxes

  1. (plural) plural of Cox
  2. (plural) plural of Coxe

Phrases with coxes

Questions about coxes

What is coxes the plural of?
Coxes is the plural of cox.
What part of speech is coxes?
Coxes is a proper noun.

Words near coxes in the dictionary

  1. coxcomby
  2. coxcomical
  3. coxcomically
  4. Coxe
  5. coxed
  6. coxes
  7. Coxeter
  8. Coxeter diagram
  9. Coxeter diagrams
  10. Coxeter graph
  11. Coxeter graphs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coxes (page history and authors); Coxes (page history and authors); cox (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “coxes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/coxes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.