Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The person who steers a boat; a person on board of a ship who has the care of a boat and its crew under an officer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
coxswain .
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Examples
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The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.
Fighting for the Right Oliver Optic 1859
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The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.
Stand By The Union Oliver Optic 1859
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When Long-Tom Coffin goes down with his ship, the entire crew mourns the loss of their beloved cockswain, but none with more feeling than his commander.
Love and Merit in the Maritime Historical Novel: Cooper and Scott 2006
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‘Shove her off!’ cries the cockswain, who looks as easy and comfortable as if he were steering in the
Sketches by Boz 2007
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Let us slacken sail, my dears, as we have brought no cockswain.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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His strong able-bodied cockswain did good service in cheerfully carrying his much-loved Commander, and they managed to return to the boat, and brought the two bereaved and sorrow-stricken ladies back to the “Pioneer.”
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The boys instantly obeyed; but being closely pursued by the natives, the cockswain of the pinnace, to whom the charge of the boats was committed, fired a musket over their heads.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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The boys instantly obeyed; but being closely pursued by the natives, the cockswain of the pinnace, to whom the charge of the boats was committed, fired a musket over their heads.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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The seaman who was addressed by this dire appellation arose slowly from the place where he was stationed as cockswain of the boat, and seemed to ascend high in air by the gradual evolution of numberless folds in his body.
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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The boat was manned by six sailors and a cockswain.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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