boatswain
Meaning of boatswain
noun
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The tropicbird.
Information about boatswain
- It is a name.
- The plural form of boatswain is: boatswains.
- Languages in which boatswain is used:
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Hyphenation of boatswain
boatswain
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- boatswain is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
boatswain synonyms
Meaning bos'n:
Translation of boatswain
- Italian: nostromo
- Spanish: contramaestre
- French: bosco
Words that rhyme with boatswain
Wain, wain, Gawain, dihydroflavokawain, dihydrokawain, gawain, Dwain, cordwain, Dewain, bridewain, aiwain, Ilwain, Owain, Swain, cockswain, coxswain, dagswain, swain, underswain, Twain, atwain, twain, coxwain, haywain
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