strokesman

English

Etymology

strokes +‎ -man or stroke +‎ -s- +‎ -man

Noun

strokesman (plural strokesmen)

  1. The member of a rowing team who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for strokesman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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