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bosun [boh-suh n] ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of bosun First recorded in 1865–70 Examples from the Web for bosun Historical Examples of bosun
Get a brick out of the galley, and I’ll make you a bosun without pay.
Morgan Robertson
“Hah, look at that, bosun,” cried the carpenter triumphantly.
George Manville Fenn
Other faces appeared: Bevans, the steward, and Prass, the bosun.
George Allan England
The bosun came up again and reported thirty miles from noon.
William McFee
Bosun, if you want it, you can have it, but I tell you straight you got to help me get this ship clean.
William McFee
British Dictionary definitions for bosun bosun noun
- nautical a variant spelling of boatswain