Meaning of coxswain | Babel Free

Definitions

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. The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
   archaic
4. A rank or position.

Equivalents

Examples

“Canadian Navy Coxswain (or Capitaine d'Armes) is the senior non-commissioned officer aboard a ship”

“British Royal Navy Cadets Cadet Coxswain is the highest normal rank which may be achieved.”

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