Bosun

Word BOSUN
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Hyphenation bosun
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Definitions and meanings of "Bosun"

What do we mean by bosun?

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

A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship. noun

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

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

A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship.

Bosun loves water. He is very affectionate and loving. Will always stay by your side. He will always support you even if its moral support. You can always rely on Bosun to be there. Urban Dictionary

The best shanty in Sea of Thieves. Urban Dictionary

Cautionary folklore character: 7 foot tall cross-dressing ape that drags absent minded boys into his tin shed on the front of a ship and rapes them to death. Urban Dictionary

Jumped up deck ape, abuser of machinery, generally renowned for an extreme perma anal gape Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bosun

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The word "bosun" in example sentences

A bosun is a person who gives -- who blows a whistle to give orders to the other sailors. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Her father was, as she always put it, "in the King's Navy," and he had been "bosun" to a ship's ❋ John St. Loe Strachey (1893)

The wind that had roared all night lay quelled by the headland; the bosun grew too sleepy to shout. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jackie-Jackie, a Tongan sailor of experience, served as a sort of bosun and semi-second mate over the mixed Kanaka crew. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By mid-afternoon, in a huge sea, with the wind after its last shift no more than a stiff breeze, the Tongan bosun sighted a schooner bottom up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Nancy -- my bosun; ain't he a peach?" was the answer I got, and from the mate's manner of enunciation I was quite aware that "Nancy" had been used derisively. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One old man, who I learned was a bosun, was so decrepit that I thought he had been recently injured. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beneath the third is the bosun, the leader of the able-bodied seamen and the foreman who actually puts the mate's orders into effect. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her father, James Newberry, was a chief bosun in Ron 9 and founded PT Boats, Inc., the unofficial PT boat archive that has collected a warehouse full of diaries, photographs, captured flags and weapons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Mr. Rigby, the bosun, had forbidden swordplay inside the airship. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)

After a few more trips he was invited to be a bosun with the Ocean Youth Club, where he would help train the newcomers, stock the boat with supplies, and organize the trainees into cooking groups. ❋ MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS (2010)

They were pulling Newkirk and the injured bosun back up. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

The bosun glared at her, and Deryn spat the words, “Tending to the boffin, sir!” ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

The bosun led them off the dorsal ridge and onto the downward slope of the bow. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

Even the sour-faced bosun, Mr. Rigby, had shown a glimmer of admiration. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

[My best friend] is [such a] Bosun ❋ Bobert Isaac (2017)

“[Stop playing] [Grogg] Mayles! I’m trying to get Bosun Bill [on my] hurdy-gurdy!” ❋ Abortnite (2018)

"Pay attention to where you are walking Tommy, or the [BOSUN] will snatch you up and turn [your butthole] into a "[Georgia Rose]". ❋ Sasquatch Sandwich (2021)

Bosun has an [iq] of 2 ❋ Superstudbill (2020)

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