Associations to the word «Bosun»

Wiktionary

BOSUN, noun. A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship.

Dictionary definition

BOSUN, noun. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats