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Rareboatswains
The correct spelling is boatswains.
How to pronounce boatswains
noun
Say it like: Boa-tsw-ayn-s
The correct spelling is boatswains. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
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Definition
noun
- 1.The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- 2.The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- 3.A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- 4.The tropicbird.
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