cox

¹

[koks]

noun

1. coxswain.

verb (used with object)

1. to act as coxswain to (a boat).

Cox

²

[koks]

noun

1. James Middleton, 1870–1957, U.S. journalist and politician.

cox

¹

/ kɒks /

noun

1. a coxswain, esp of a racing eight or four

verb

1. to act as coxswain of (a boat)

Cox

²

/ kɒks /

noun

1. David. 1783–1859, English landscape painter

Other Word Forms

• coxless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cox¹

First recorded in 1865–70; short form

Example Sentences

It was not just individuals who stood out, with GB’s golden Sunday including mixed double sculls, mixed coxed four, mixed team sprint and mixed freestyle triumphs.

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Great Britain’s PR3 mixed coxed four crew continued the golden run.

From BBC

His record may have been surpassed by a boy, thought to be seven or eight, who coxed a Dutch boat in Paris in 1900, but his identity remains unknown.

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Cambridge, who won both male and female races, was also warned against throwing the cox into the water as is tradition.

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It's a year that has pushed coxswain Kennedy - a Paralympic champion in the mixed coxed four - harder than any race.

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