Usually means: Navigator and leader of rowboat.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 29 dictionaries that define the word coxswain:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. coxswain: Merriam-Webster
  2. coxswain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coxswain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coxswain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coxswain: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coxswain, coxswain: Wordnik
  7. coxswain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. coxswain: Wiktionary
  9. coxswain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. coxswain: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Coxswain, coxswain: Dictionary.com
  12. coxswain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Coxswain (rowing), Coxswain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Coxswain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. coxswain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. coxswain: Rhymezone
  17. Coxswain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Coxswain: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. coxswain: FreeDictionary.org
  20. coxswain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. coxswain: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. coxswain: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coxswain: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coxswain: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See coxswaining as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
noun:  (rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
noun:  (archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
noun:  (naval) A rank or position.
verb:  (transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    royal blue,     sky blue,     white,     red,     yellow, more...
Word origin

Words similar to coxswain

Usage examples for coxswain

Idioms related to coxswain

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing coxswain

Words that often appear near coxswain

Rhymes of coxswain

Invented words related to coxswain

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    royal blue,     sky blue,     white,     red,     yellow, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux