Water tender
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1. | (Nav.) In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom. He "tends" water to the boilers, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty officer. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.