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Origin:
1865–70; short form
1865–70; short form
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World English Dictionary
cox (kɒks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a coxswain, esp of a racing eight or four |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to act as coxswain of (a boat) |
| 'coxless | |
| —adj | |
| Cox (kɒks) | |
| —n | |
| David. 1783--1859, English landscape painter | |
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Word Origin & History
Cox
surname, from early 16c., earlier Cocks (c.1300), in many cases from cock (n.1), which apparently was used as a personal name in O.E., also as a familiar term for a boy, later used of apprentices, servants, etc. Perhaps in some cases for the sign of an inn. In some cases perhaps
from cook, or Welsh coch "red."
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