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 |
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