Usually means: Boatswain, senior ship's crew member.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. bo's'n, bos'n: Merriam-Webster
  2. bo's'n: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. bo's'n, bo's'n: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bo's'n, bos'n: Vocabulary.com
  5. Bos'n, bo's'n, bos'n: Wordnik
  6. bo's'n: Wiktionary
  7. bo's'n: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. bo's'n, bos'n, bosn: Dictionary.com
  9. Bo's'n, Bos'n: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bo's'n, bos'n: Rhymezone
  11. bosn, bosn: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bo's'n, bos'n: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Bosn, bo's'n: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. bos'n: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bos'n: Encyclopedia
  2. Bosn, bo's'n: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BOSN: Acronym Finder

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from WordNet (bo's'n)

▸ noun:  a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Similar:
bo'sun, stembuck, spadone, Capt., Bandelier, nob-head, bossanova, nob head, banjourine, bimbashi, more...

Opposite:
nobody, nobody in charge, no one in charge, anarchy

Types:
Serb, Croat, Muslim, more...

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Similar:
bo'sun, stembuck, spadone, Capt., Bandelier, nob-head, bossanova, nob head, banjourine, bimbashi, more...

Opposite:
nobody, nobody in charge, no one in charge, anarchy

Types:
Serb, Croat, Muslim, more...



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