Bosun definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Pass the word forrud for the bosun--where is he Here, sorr," cried out Tim Rooney, who of course was close at hand, having bounded to the scene of action the moment he heard the man's wild weird shriek as he fell, arriving just in time to see his wonderful escape.

—Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea

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noun Variant of boatswain.

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Swearing like a bosun, the punk tore off his headset, feverishly checking his connections, then jacked back in. — Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2002
But the Thai bossing them was the ship's bosun, "Wha-tsoph-ki And this is Amanda." — F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
Should one of them identify the Higgs bosun, a long-theorized but as-yet-undetected bit of cosmic dust that would answer some of the most puzzling questions about matter, they'll probably win the Nobel Prize. — JSOnline.com
The 56-year-old veteran bosun was hired to be a replacement on the 19-member crew of the Maersk Alabama, the 508-foot-long merchant ship hijacked Wednesday by four pirates who took the American captain hostage.
He merely resumed his walk to and fro Now then, bosun," he said, "have your men up ready. — In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"