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coxswain

noun

Definition of coxswainnext
as in crewman

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Recent Examples of coxswain The Longhorns' First Varsity Eight won its race to clinch the title behind coxswain Amy Werner, edging out Stanford by less than three seconds. — ABC News, 31 May 2026 Like the others, the coxswain is also in red and blue stripes. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026 For once, everyone is more or less rowing the boat in the same direction, with a determined coxswain at the front. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026 Recommendations From the Washington Post, a story on what a rowing coxswain does. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for coxswain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
  1. crewman
  2. deckhand
  3. shipmate
  4. sailor
  5. seaman
  6. navigator
  7. mariner
Noun
  • Gregory served as a crewman on the Wizard, owned and operated by Keith, from 2018 to 2022.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of crewman
Noun
  • Joe expects Nathan to recruit the new deckhand into his ranks; Nathan expects to do the same.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The reality star, from Burtonport, Ireland, works as a deckhand on the Bravo series.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of deckhand
Noun
  • At one point, shipmate Dave Faulkner screamed as he was thrown to the bottom deck.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.
    — Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of shipmate
Noun
  • During the town hall, Caudle told a sailor who was evacuated from Bahrain that officials are working on retrieving belongings that were left behind because the Navy does not have imminent plans to return to the same level of footprint on the base.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The one that Northrop Grumman and artificial intelligence and quantum tech firm SandboxAQ have developed is similar to a trick that's used by sailors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailor
Noun
  • Hernandez was charged with two counts of misconduct of a ship officer resulting in death under the seaman’s manslaughter statute and released on a $50,000 bond at his presentment in Manhattan federal court two days after the incident.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter, according to court records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of seaman
Noun
  • In that moment, the coach’s role transformed from tactical advisor to emergency navigator.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Reportedly, the artificial intelligence serves as both the observational eyes and the active navigator throughout the procedure by establishing a continuous feedback loop between real-time ultrasound image processing and physical surgical control.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of navigator
Noun
  • Officials said a good Samaritan vessel also stepped in, rescuing the 15-year-old survivor and recovering the bodies of the two deceased mariners from the water.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Every shipping container that comes through the port creates jobs for warehouse workers, mechanics, merchant mariners, truck drivers and community members across the East Bay, Simon said.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of mariner

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