boatswain
/ˈboʊ.sən//ˈbəʊ.sən/
noun
- 1
The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- 2
The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- 3
A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- 4
The tropicbird.
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