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boatswain

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boat·swain also bo's'n or bos'n or bo·sun  (bsn)
n.
A warrant officer or petty officer in charge of a ship's rigging, anchors, cables, and deck crew.

[Middle English botswein : bot, boat; see boat + swein, mate; see swain.]

boatswain, bosun, bo's'n [ˈbəʊsən]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
[Old English bātswegen; see boat, swain]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boatswainboatswain - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor
Translations
boatswain [ˈbəʊsn] Ncontramaestre m

boatswain [ˈbəʊsən] nmaître m d'équipage
boat train ntrain m (assurant la correspondance avec un service de ferry)
boat trip n (= excursion) → excursion f en bateau

boatswain, bosun, bo’s’n
nBootsmann m; boatswain’s mateBootsmanngehilfe m

boatswain [ˈbəʊsn] nnostromo
boatswain [ˈbəʊsn] nnostromo

boatswain
n boatswain, bosun [ˈbəusn]
an officer who looks after a ship's boats, ropes, sails etc. bootsman كَبيرُ مَلاحي السَّفينَه старшина, отговарящ за корабните съоръжсния loďmistr bådsmand der Bootsmann λοστρόμος contramaestre pootsman سرملوان pursimies maître d'équipage רַב מַלָחִים पोत के नौकों, रस्सों इत्यादि का ख्याल रखने वाला अधिकारी vođa palube fedélzetmester serang bátsmaður nostromo 甲板長 갑판 장교 bocmanas bocmanis pegawai kapal bootsman båtsmann bosman oficial de navio şef de echipaj боцман loďmajster vodja krova oficir palube båtsman เจ้าหน้าที่บนเรือคอยบำรุงรักษาเรือหรือเครื่องใช้ในเรือ porsum, lostromo 水手長 боцман کشتیوں اور ان کے سامان کی دیکھ بھال کرنے والا viên quản lý neo buồm


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There, I found a virtuous boatswain in his Majesty's service - a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others - who knocked all the little men's hats over their eyes, though he was very generous and brave, and who wouldn't hear of anybody's paying taxes, though he was very patriotic.
I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o'-war fashion on board the good ship HISPANIOLA.
There, too, on the approach to the land, assisted by the boatswain and the carpenter, he "gets the anchors over" with the men of his own watch, whom he knows better than the others.
 
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