boatswain has definitions from the fields of nautical,work
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[ noun ] (nautical,work) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

The important result , however , was that Juet and Francis_Clemens , the deposed boatswain , became Hudson 's sworn enemies .

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

Only Cromwell , the giant boatswain , was mild-mannered and respectful .

The boatswain was as guilty as any .

Related terms

mariner

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