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bos'nenUK
boat·swain also bo's'n or bos'n or bo·sun B0357800 (bō′sən)n. A warrant officer or petty officer in charge of a ship's rigging, anchors, cables, and deck crew.
[Middle English botswein : bot, boat; see boat + swein, mate; see swain.]Usage Note: The word boatswain is pronounced as a single word with two syllables (bō′sən). People with sea legs have a long tradition of spelling the word as bosun, bo's'n, and bos'n to reflect the salty pronunciation. This of course has not prevented landlubbers from using the incorrect two-word pronunciation (bōt′swān′). Many other nautical words have similarly tricky shipboard pronunciations, including bowline, pronounced (bō′lĭn); forecastle, pronounced (fōk′səl) and sometimes spelled fo'c's'le; gunwale, pronounced (gŭn′əl) and also sometimes spelled gunnel; mainsail, pronounced (mān′səl); and topgallant, pronounced (tə-găl′ənt). With the exception of gunwale, however, all of these terms can be correctly pronounced as if they were two words.
bo's'n or bos'n B0357800 (bō′sən)n. Variants of boatswain.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bos'n - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamenboatswain, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sunJack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor |
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See boatswainbos'nenUK
Related to bos'n: bosunSynonyms for bos'nnoun a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamenSynonyms- boatswain
- bo's'n
- bosun
- bo'sun
Related Words- Jack-tar
- mariner
- old salt
- sea dog
- seafarer
- seaman
- gob
- Jack
- tar
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