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单词 coxswains
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coxswain

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noun

cox·​swain ˈkäk-sən How to pronounce coxswain (audio)
-ˌswān
1
: a sailor who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew and who usually steers
2
: a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the rowers

coxswain

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verb

coxswained; coxswaining; coxswains

transitive verb

: to direct as coxswain

intransitive verb

: to act as coxswain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Only the coxswain faces the bow and can see the course ahead. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 The coxswain gives directions of when and how to move the equipment, including the 200-pound boat, and when to board the boat. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022 The Atlantic Coast Conference, for example, permits a third eight-person boat and a second four-person boat, plus a coxswain for each, for up to 37 women. Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 Broadland has hopes of landing a spot as the coxswain of the U.S. National crew. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 President Biden’s Trade Policy is not very different from the coxswain’s story. Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022 Each new summer brings a certain amount of churn, usually with a slightly different crew, a different coach and a different coxswain. Ted Diadiun, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022 According to tradition, if a race was won, the coxswain would be tossed into the Schuylkill River (an unfathomable outcome). Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022 Mom, and her husband, were later sentenced to federal prison after the celebrity couple pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy involving payments that resulted in their daughter being admitted to USC as a coxswain despite having no rowing experience. Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
Verb
This time around, the eight is composed mostly of Olympic first-timers – Musnicki and coxswain Katelin Guregian are its only members who have been to the Games before. Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021 But only coxswain Katelin Guregian and four rowers – Musnicki, Olivia Coffey, Gia Doonan and Kristine O’Brien – were in the 2019 boat and the Tokyo boat. Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 30 July 2021 Watching her granddaughter Hannah pitch through a tough inning of softball or her granddaughter Lily coxswain for the rowing team was a marvel. Cecile Richards, Glamour, 11 May 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English cokswayne, from cok cockboat (a small boat) + swain servant

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1928, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

coxswain

noun

cox·​swain ˈkäk-sən How to pronounce coxswain (audio)
-ˌswān
: the person who steers or directs the rowers of a boat

coxswains

noun

plural of coxswain
as in crewmen

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