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Definition of Cockswain
1. n. The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
Definition of Cockswain
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of coxswain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockswain
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockswain
Literary usage of Cockswain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose by Charles Mackay (1872)
"... her timbers and planks gave way, and were swept towards the cliffs, bearing
the body of the simple-hearted cockswain among the ruins.—The Pilot. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"The men shouted spontaneously, and the old cockswain suffered his solemn visage to
... The cockswain stood erect, poising his harpoon, ready for the blow ..."
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