bosun

See also: bo'sun

English

Etymology

Contraction of boatswain.

Noun

bosun (plural bosuns)

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

Translations

warrant or petty officer in navy

• Bulgarian: боцман (bg) (bocman)
• Finnish: puosu (fi)
• German: Bootsmann (de) m
• Hungarian: fedélzetmester (hu)
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• Italian: nostromo (it) m
• Russian: боцман (ru) (bocman)
• Serbo-Croatian: vođa palube m

Anagrams

• Bonsu, bonus, bouns

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈposuːn/

Verb

bosun

1. first-person singular present indicative of bossut