Coxswain vs Driver - What's the difference?
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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.
One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
A person who drives some other vehicle.
(computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
(nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
Coxswain is a related term of driver.
As a noun coxswain
is in a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.As a proper noun driver is
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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.