Cockswain

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The person who steers a boat; a person on board of a ship who has the care of a boat and its crew under an officer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of coxswain.
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