The coxswain egged his crewmen on, and made a winning spurt at the last lap of the regatta.
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Coxswain
//ˈkɒk.s(ə)n//
Synonyms for "coxswain" (40 found)
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Translations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- загребни noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- рулеви noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Catalan
1 entries- timoner noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Czech
2 entries- kormidelník noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- kormidelník noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Faroese
1 entries- róðursmaður noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Galician
4 entries- rodista noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- rodista noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- temoneiro noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- temoneiro noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
German
2 entries- Bootsführer noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- Steuermann noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַגַּאִי noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Italian
4 entries- nocchiere noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- nocchiero noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- timoniere noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- timoniere noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Macedonian
1 entries- ко́рмилар noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Māori
3 entries- kaihautū noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- kaituki noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
- kaiurungi noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- styrmann noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- styrmann noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Polish
2 entries- sternik noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- sternik noun (a crew member in a rowing team who gives the rhythm)
Portuguese
2 entries- timoneiro noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- timoneiros noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Spanish
2 entries- timonel noun (crew member who helms a boat)
- timonero noun (crew member who helms a boat)
Sample sentences
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Canadian Navy Coxswain (or Capitaine d'Armes) is the senior non-commissioned officer aboard a ship
Source: wiktionary
British Royal Navy Cadets Cadet Coxswain is the highest normal rank which may be achieved.
Source: wiktionary
to coxswain for a college rowing team
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