coxswain
- n the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- Finding an able coxswain is a major problem for most college crew coaches.
- Stroke Thomas Judge of Manhattan College's crew reluctantly admitted to that the coxswain of the Rollins College crew that beat Manhattan last fortnight was a girl Sally .
- But when the coxswain radioed his superiors for further direction, his commanders argued over the radio waves about what to do next.