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Boatswain
01
a petty officer on a warship responsible for rigging, anchors, boats, and deck equipment
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
boatswains
Examples
The boatswain oversaw the repair of the ship's rigging after it was damaged in the storm.
Lexical Tree
boatswain
boat
swain
