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Steersman vs Cox - What's the difference?

steersman | cox |

As nouns the difference between steersman and cox

is that steersman is one who steers a ship; the helmsman while cox is a coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

As a verb cox is

to act as coxswain for.

As a proper noun Cox is

{{surname|A=An|English|from=Middle English}} for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.

steersman

English

Noun

(steersmen)
  • (nautical) One who steers a ship; the helmsman.
  • *
    • And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree.

    Synonyms

    * (one who steers) helmsman, sternsman

    Related terms

    * steer

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    cox

    English

    Noun

    (coxes)
  • A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

    • Derived terms

    * coxless

    Verb

    (es)
  • To act as coxswain for.
    • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.

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