strokesman

English

Etymology

From 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.
    • 1757, Jean Marteilhe, Autobiography of a French Protestant:
      He arrived at last before our bench, and stopping with a ferocious air he ordered the strokesmen to cease rowing

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