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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbo.sn̩/
  • Schoolbook Phonetics: (bōʹsu̇n)
  • Last Resort Phonetics: BOH-sun

Noun

  1. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
  2. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

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ang:boatswain nl:boatswain te:boatswain vi:boatswain zh:boatswain

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zool.)
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called
also boatswain.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
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Tropic bird (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.]
1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails,
rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a
ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other
duties.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The jager gull.
(b) The tropic bird.
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Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
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WordNet boatswain
n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
other seamen [syn: bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun]
Moby Dictionary
Big Brother , OD , auditor , boss , captain , chief , chief engineer ,
chief mate , commander , comptroller , controller , deck officer ,
floor manager , floorman , floorwalker , foreman , gaffer , ganger ,
head , headman , inspector , master , mate , monitor , naval officer ,
navigating officer , navigator , noncommissioned officer , overman ,
overseer , patron , pipes , proctor , quartermaster , sailing master ,
second mate , shipmaster , sirdar , skipper , slave driver , straw boss ,
subforeman , super , superintendent , supervisor , surveyor ,
taskmaster , the Old Man , visitor , watch officer


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