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語源

Phonemic respelling of boatswain.

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名詞

bosun (plural bosuns)

1. Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     They tied us up—the fellow who handled me could tie like a bosun—and there we lay with our toes up, beneath a tree, while a great brute stood guard over us with a club in his hand.

派生語

• bosun's chair
• rum bosun

アナグラム

• Bonsu, bonus, bouns