cox·swain 
(kŏksən, -swān′)
(kŏksən, -swān′)n.
1. A person who usually steers a ship's boat and has charge of its crew.
2. A person in a racing shell who usually directs the rest of the crew.
intr. & tr.v. cox·swained, cox·swain·ing, cox·swains
To act as coxswain or serve as coxswain for.
[Middle English cokswaynne : cok, cockboat; see COCKBOAT + swain, servant; see SWAIN.]