bosun

See also: bo'sun

English

Alternative forms

• bo'sun, bo's'n, bos'n

Etymology

Corruption of boatswain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bosun (plural bosuns)

1. Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”)
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     They tied us up—the fellow who handled me could tie like a bosun—and there we lay with our toes up, beneath a tree, while a great brute stood guard over us with a club in his hand.

Derived terms

• bosun's chair
• rum bosun

Translations

boatswain — see boatswain

Anagrams

• Bonsu, bonus, bouns

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈposuːn/

Verb

bosun

1. first-person singular present indicative of bossut