boatswain | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun boatswain has 1 sense

boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
--₁ is a kind of mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog