Bos'n

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
boatswain
plural
Bos'ns
possessive
Bos'n's
pluralpossessive
Bos'ns'