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bosun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Phonemic respelling of boatswain.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
   alt of boatswain
   • They tied us up—the fellow who handled me could tie like a bosun—and there we lay with our toes up, beneath a tree, while a great brute stood guard over us with a club in his hand. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

rum bosun · bosun's chair