Bosun vs. Boatswain

Bosunnoun

A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship.

Bosunnoun

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; a contraction of boatswain.

Bosunnoun

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Boatswainnoun

The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

Boatswainnoun

The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

Boatswainnoun

A kind of gull, the jaeger.

Boatswainnoun

The tropicbird.

Boatswainnoun

An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

Boatswainnoun

The jager gull.

Boatswainnoun

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Boatswain

A boatswain ( BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a petty officer, deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the seniormost rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department, and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews.