noun
- a ship’s officer in charge of equipment and the crew
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The bosun inspected the rigging before we set sail.
- Our bosun has twenty years of experience at sea.
- The captain asked the bosun to organize the deck crew.
- The bosun’s whistle echoed across the harbor.
- She worked her way up from sailor to bosun.
- The bosun supervised the loading of cargo onto the ship.