Bosun
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- boatswain
- plural
- Bosuns
- possessive
- Bosun's
- pluralpossessive
- Bosuns'