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seamen

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?si?m?n/
  • Homophones: seaman, semen
  • Hyphenation: sea?men

Noun

seamen

  1. plural of seaman

Anagrams

  • Ameens, Emesan, Naeems, Seeman, enemas, enseam, meanes, mensae

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boatswain

English

Alternative forms

  • bosun, bo'sun, boson, bos'n, bo's'n

Etymology

From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English b?tswe?en, from b?t (“boat”) + swe?en (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat +? swain (“boy, servant”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.s?n/; (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??t.swe?n/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?bo?.s?n/

Noun

boatswain (plural boatswains)

  1. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
  2. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
  3. A kind of gull, the jaeger.
  4. The tropicbird.

Derived terms

  • boatswain-bird
  • boatswain's chair
  • boatswain's mate
  • boatswain's pipe

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