Word: coxswains
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cox
swains
Definition: Plural of coxswain; the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
Morphemes:
Affix: cock
Language: en
Meaning: a boat
Etymology Compounds: Affix: coque
Language: fro
Decoded: coque
Meaning: a type of small boat
Affix: swain
Language: en
Meaning: boy, servant
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.