bosun

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bosun
    n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
         other seamen [syn: {boatswain}, {bos'n}, {bo's'n}, {bosun},
         {bo'sun}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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]

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