bosn

See also: bo's'n

English

Noun

bosn (plural bosns)

  1. Alternative form of bosun
    • 1920, Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America:
      When a Seascout meeting starts, we hear the shrill pipe of the bosn's call, and the word, “All hands fall in at quarters!”
    • 1964, United States. Merchant Marine Council, Proceedings, volume 21, page 138:
      The fall was due to the fact that the knot which secured the Bosn's chair to the gantline came undone.

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