Boatswain Definition

bōsən
noun
A ship's warrant officer or petty officer in charge of the deck crew, the rigging, anchors, boats, etc.
Webster's New World

A kind of gull, the jaeger.

Wiktionary

The tropicbird.

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Noun

Singular:
boatswain
Plural:
boatswains

Origin of Boatswain

  • First attested around 1450, from Old English batswegen, from bāt (“boat”) + Old Norse sveinn (“boy”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English botswein bot boat boat swein mate swain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • boat +‎ swain (“boy, servant”)

    From Wiktionary

Boatswain Sentence Examples

  • The old boatswain was left alone, but he had plenty to do.

  • It was around 1808 that Lord Byron wrote his famous epitaph in honor of his Newfoundland, Boatswain.

  • They were responsible to the ship 's boatswain for the supervision of the seamen in their everyday duties about the ship and practical seamanship.

  • The smallest species, commonly known in English as the long-tailed or Buffon's generally likened to the marlinespike that is identified with the boatswain's position; but perhaps the authoritative character assumed by both bird and officer originally suggested the name.

  • They also have boatswain 's pipes worn on a silver chain around their necks.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOA

Words Ending With

NINAIN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With B9 Letter Words Ending With N