bosn

See also: bo's'n

English

Noun

bosn (plural bosns)

1. Alternative form of bosun
   • 1920, Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America:

     When a Seascout meeting starts, we hear the shrill pipe of the bosn's call, and the word, “All hands fall in at quarters!”

   • 1964, United States. Merchant Marine Council, Proceedings, volume 21, page 138:

     The fall was due to the fact that the knot which secured the Bosn's chair to the gantline came undone.

Anagrams

• BN(O)s, BNOs, BSON, nobs, snob