Wordie: Coxswain: Comments

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:12:09 +0000

This one is pronounced very strange, like "cocks-in". Similarly, "boatswain" is pronounced "bo-sin".

As seen in . . .

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:04:04 +0000

College

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:35:30 +0000

The helmsman of a boat; the person on board ship having permanent charge of a boat and its crew, of which he has command unless a superior officer is present. See also coxswainship, which is just plain weird.