boatswain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boatswain	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for boatswain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boatswain n a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen Synonym(s): boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[84]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. {Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of gull of the genus {Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also {boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk[?]fr, sk[?]mr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called also {boatswain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tropic \Trop"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. {Tropic bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus {Pha[89]thon}, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. {Pha[89]thon flavirostris} (called also {boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. {Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.