coxswain

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cox=swain

CIDE DICTIONARY

coxswain, n. 

 See Cockswain.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coxswain, n. & v.
--n.
1 a person who steers, esp. in a rowing-boat.
2 the senior petty officer in a small ship.
--v.
1 intr. act as a coxswain.
2 tr. act as a coxswain of.

Derivative

coxswainship n.

Etymology

ME f. cock (see COCKBOAT) + SWAIN: cf. BOATSWAIN

THESAURUS

coxswain

Gyropilot, automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, cicerone, conner, courier, cowherd, cox, docking pilot, dragoman, drover, goatherd, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herd, herdsman, mercury, navigator, pilot, pointer, river pilot, sailing master, shepherd, steerer, steersman, tour director, tour guide, wheelman

ROGET THESAURUS

coxswain

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.