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bosun

Noun

bo=sun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

bosun(n = noun.person) bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; Array

is a kind of gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar

bosun, n.

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; a contraction of boatswain. [WordNet 1.5]

bosun, (also bo'sun) var. of BOATSWAIN.

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