Boatswain

noun

/ˈboʊ.sən/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounThe officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

2.nounThe petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

3.nounA kind of gull, the jaeger.

4.nounThe tropicbird.

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