Boatswain

/bˈə‍ʊtswe‍ɪn/

/ˈboʊtsweɪn/

[noun]

Boatswain

[NOUN]

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

synonyms : bo's'n

bo'sun

bos'n

bosun

Examples

1. This is Walter Lewis Hampton, early photo a boatswain's mate, second class.

2. This was the case with Boatswain, a young man who in 1794 hurt himself doing manual labor for his master.

3. Lord Byron's pet bear An animal lover to the extreme, the poet Lord Byron owned many unusual pets throughout his life, but none was more beloved than his Newfoundland dog, Boatswain.

4. They all had their own part in the escape plan: the boatswain took a small boat around the harbor and under the guise of fishing, but was actually covertly measuring the depth of the planned escape route, while others studied the positions of coastal batteries and the location of spotlights as if walking around the port.