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Definition of Boatswain
1. Noun. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
Generic synonyms: Gob, Jack, Jack-tar, Mariner, Old Salt, Sea Dog, Seafarer, Seaman, Tar
Definition of Boatswain
1. n. An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
Definition of Boatswain
1. Noun. (nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boatswain
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Medical Definition of Boatswain
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1. An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colours, anchors, cables, cordage, etc, of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Boatswain
Literary usage of Boatswain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"boatswain— boatswain. Damn your eyes, you pimping son of a bitch, ... What's your
will, boatswain? boatswain. I beg your Lordship's pardon [Aside. ..."
2. Africa and the American Flag by Andrew Hull Foote (1854)
"BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED - DEATH OF KINO boatswain - WAR WITH ...
The death of boatswain, whose tribe was of his own creation, was followed by ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"It's one of two things—a parting blush o' the sun, or a gathering squall o' the
night," returned the boatswain's mate ; " but we've no reason to ..."
4. Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin: With a Memoir by Charles Dibdin (1864)
"BORN at sea, and my cradle a frigate, The boatswain he nurs'd me true blue; ...
BEN BACKSTAY was our boatswain, a very merry boy, For no one half so merrily ..."
5. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1915)
"As for what the boatswain says, relating to several vessels, I am altogether
free; for I never gave my consent to any such actions: for I often told them, ..."
6. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1849)
"boatswain. WITHIN the precincts of Windsor Castle there is a small marble monument,
... boatswain was born in Newfoundland, as his epitaph sets forth, ..."
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