1. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
   - boatswain, bos'n, bosun, bo'sun

Derived forms: bo's'ns, bos'ns

Type of: gob [US], Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar

Encyclopedia: Bo's'n

• northernness
• northing
• northland
• Northman
• northmost
• Northrop
• Northrop Frye
• Northumberland
• Northumbria
• northward
• northwards
• northwest
• northwest by north
• northwest by west
• Northwest Passage
• Northwest Territories
• northwest wind
• northwester
• northwesterly
• northwestern
• northwestern United States
• northwestward
• northwestwardly
• nortriptyline
• Noruz