Bosun

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"s'n), n.
     See {Boatswain}. [Obs.] [Also spelled {bosun}.] --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  bosun \bosun\ n.
     a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
     other seamen; a contraction of {boatswain}. [Also spelled
     {bo'sun}.]
  
     Syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bo'sun, boson.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bosun
       n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
           other seamen [syn: {boatswain}, {bos'n}, {bo's'n}, {bo'sun}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bo'sun
       n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
           other seamen [syn: {boatswain}, {bos'n}, {bo's'n}, {bosun}]