Coxswain vs Boatswain - What's the difference?
coxswain | boatswain |
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
In a rowing crew, the member who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
(nautical) The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
The tropicbird.
As nouns the difference between boatswain and coxswain
is that boatswain is the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship while coxswain is in a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.coxswain
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* cockswainNoun
(en noun)- Canadian Navy'' Coxswain''' (or '''Capitaine d'Armes''') is the senior non-commissioned officer aboard a ship
- ''British Royal Navy Cadets'' ' Cadet Coxswain is the highest normal rank which may be achieved.