boatswain

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.sn̩/; (spelling pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbəʊtˌsweɪn/
• (America, Canada) IPA: /ˈboʊ.sn̩/

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.

Translations

• French: bosco
• German: Bootsmann
• Italian: nostromo
• Portuguese: contramestre
• Russian: бо́цман
• Spanish: contramaestre

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