Cockswain

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockswain \Cock"swain\ (?, colloq. ?), n. [Cock a boat + swain;
     hence, the master of a boat.]
     The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a
     boat and its crew.
     [1913 Webster]