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.
   • 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

References

• “strokesman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.