"boatswain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbəʊ.sən/ [UK], /ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/ (note: spelling pronunciation), /ˈboʊ.sən/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boatswain.wav Forms: boatswains [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊsən, (US, Canada) -oʊsən Etymology: From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|botswain}} Middle English botswain, {{inh|en|ang|bātsweġen}} Old English bātsweġen, {{der|en|non|sveinn|t=boy}} Old Norse sveinn (“boy”), {{com|en|boat|swain|t2=boy, servant}} boat + swain (“boy, servant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boatswain (plural boatswains)
  1. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship. Categories (topical): Nautical occupations, People Translations (officer of a sailing ship): бо́цман (bócman) (Bulgarian), nostramo [masculine] (Catalan), contramestre [masculine] (Catalan), loďmistr [masculine] (Czech), bocman [masculine] (Czech), bootsman [masculine] (Dutch), pursimies (Finnish), puosu (Finnish), bosco [masculine] (French), contramestre [masculine] (Galician), ბოცმანი (bocmani) (Georgian), Bootsmann [masculine] (German), fedélzetmester (Hungarian), botsmani (Ingrian), bósan [masculine] (Irish), maor loinge [masculine] (Irish), nostromo (Italian), божман (božman) [masculine] (Macedonian), baûsouîn [masculine] (Norman), bosman [masculine] (Polish), contramestre [masculine] (Portuguese), бо́цман (bócman) [masculine] (Russian), vođa palube [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), contramaestre (Spanish), överskeppare [common-gender] (Swedish), båtsman [common-gender] (Swedish), lostromo (Turkish), bosn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-boatswain-en-noun-cXSo0Qdg Disambiguation of Nautical occupations: 51 36 3 10 Disambiguation of People: 65 34 0 1 Disambiguation of 'officer of a sailing ship': 68 29 2 1
  2. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen. Categories (lifeform): Seabirds
    Sense id: en-boatswain-en-noun-r9JFHLNs Disambiguation of Seabirds: 5 46 12 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 52 2 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 54 4 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 52 4 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 55 3 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 43 5 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 45 5 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 44 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 49 9 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 47 4 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 50 7 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 45 5 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 28 43 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 51 5 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 46 5 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 9 51 7 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 25 44 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 53 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 24 46 5 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 25 45 5 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 46 6 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 51 4 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 53 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 46 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 52 6 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 48 4 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 42 4 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 11 49 8 31
  3. A kind of gull, the jaeger.
    Sense id: en-boatswain-en-noun-NbNdN5kd
  4. The tropicbird.
    Sense id: en-boatswain-en-noun-JMbzkKIc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bosun, bo'sun, boson, bos'n, bo's'n Derived forms: boatswain-bird, boatswain's call, boatswain's chair, boatswain's mate, boatswain's pipe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "en:Nautical occupations",
    "en:People",
    "en:Seabirds"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boatswain-bird"
    },
    {
      "word": "boatswain's call"
    },
    {
      "word": "boatswain's chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "boatswain's mate"
    },
    {
      "word": "boatswain's pipe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "botswain"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English botswain",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bātsweġen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bātsweġen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sveinn",
        "t": "boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sveinn (“boy”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "boat",
        "3": "swain",
        "t2": "boy, servant"
      },
      "expansion": "boat + swain (“boy, servant”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boatswains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "boatswain (plural boatswains)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "warrant officer",
          "warrant officer"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "rigging",
          "rigging"
        ],
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "deck",
          "deck"
        ],
        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "petty officer",
          "petty officer"
        ],
        [
          "merchant",
          "merchant"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "seamen",
          "seamen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of gull, the jaeger."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jaeger",
          "jaeger"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The tropicbird."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tropicbird",
          "tropicbird"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊ.sən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboʊ.sən/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -əʊsən"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US, Canada) -oʊsən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bosun"
    },
    {
      "word": "bo'sun"
    },
    {
      "word": "boson"
    },
    {
      "word": "bos'n"
    },
    {
      "word": "bo's'n"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bócman",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "бо́цман"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nostramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contramestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loďmistr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bocman"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bootsman"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "pursimies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "puosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contramestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bocmani",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "ბოცმანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bootsmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "fedélzetmester"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "botsmani"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bósan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maor loinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "nostromo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "božman",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "божман"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baûsouîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contramestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bócman",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́цман"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vođa palube"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "contramaestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "överskeppare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "båtsman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "word": "lostromo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "officer of a sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "boatswain"
  ],
  "word": "boatswain"
}

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