Usually means: Ship's crew member overseeing equipment.
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  1. bo'sun, bosun: Merriam-Webster
  2. bo'sun, bosun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bosun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bosun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bo'sun, bosun: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bo'sun, Bosun, bo'sun, bos'un, bosun: Wordnik
  7. bosun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bo'sun, bosun: Wiktionary
  9. bosun: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bosun: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bosun: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bo'sun, bosun: Dictionary.com
  13. Bosun (dinghy), Bosun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. bo'sun, bosun: Rhymezone
  15. bosun, bosun: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bosun: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. bo'sun, bosun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. bo'sun, bosun: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. bosun: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bos'un, bo'sun, bosun: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from WordNet (bo'sun)

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

Similar:
boatswain, shipmate, deckhand, captain, seaman, taffrail, quarterdeck, sailor, supercargo, purser, more...

Types:
mate, skipper, captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, more...

Phrases:
bosun bird, more...

Adjectives:
chief, old, assistant, big, good, new, little, shrill, american, second, jolly

Colors:
    sea blue,     anchor gray,     horizon blue,     stormy gray, more...

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Similar:
boatswain, shipmate, deckhand, captain, seaman, taffrail, quarterdeck, sailor, supercargo, purser, more...

Types:
mate, skipper, captain, first mate, second mate, third mate, more...

Phrases:
bosun bird, more...

Adjectives:
chief, old, assistant, big, good, new, little, shrill, american, second, jolly

Colors:
    sea blue,     anchor gray,     horizon blue,     stormy gray, more...



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