COXSWAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coxswain mean? 

• COXSWAIN (noun)
  The noun COXSWAIN has 1 sense:

1. the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

  Familiarity information: COXSWAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COXSWAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cox; coxswain

Hypernyms ("coxswain" is a kind of...):

helmsman; steerer; steersman (the person who steers a ship)

 Context examples 

The coxswain told me how to lay the ship to; after a good many trials I succeeded, and we both sat in silence over another meal.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now, the coxswain's hesitation seemed to be unnatural, and as for the notion of his preferring wine to brandy, I entirely disbelieved it.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The excitement of these last manoeuvres had somewhat interfered with the watch I had kept hitherto, sharply enough, upon the coxswain.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

So near were we, indeed, that my head came against the coxswain's foot with a crack that made my teeth rattle.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They did not fall alone; with a choked cry, the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds and plunged head first into the water.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

One I recognized for the coxswain's, Israel Hands, that had been Flint's gunner in former days.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Oh, I know'd Dick was square,” returned the voice of the coxswain, Israel Hands.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Well, I don't say no, do I?” growled the coxswain.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“John,” cries the coxswain, “you're a man!”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)