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Meaning of Boatswain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbəʊ.sən

Definitions

  1. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.
  2. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
  3. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
  4. A kind of gull, the jaeger.
  5. The tropicbird.

Equivalents

العربية رئيس البحّارة
Bosanski бо̏цман
Català contramestre nostramo
Deutsch Bootsmann
Ελληνικά λοστρόμος
Español contramaestre
Suomi puosu pursimies
Français bosco maître d'équipage
Gaeilge bósan maor loinge
Galego contramestre
Bahasa Indonesia serang
Italiano nostromo
ქართული ბოცმანი
Nederlands bootsman
Polski bosman
Português contramestre
Русский боцман
Svenska båtsman
Türkçe lostromo

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Boatswain Bird Island boatswain-bird boatswain's call boatswain's chair boatswain's mate boatswain's pipe

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