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bo's'n

NOUN
  1. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

How To Use bo's'n In A Sentence

  • And now you want the bo's'n to jump him and throw him overboard. CHAPTER VI
  • Since his lieutenancy aboard the prize-sloop, however, the bo's'n had necessarily ceased to be the executive of punishment, and when Monday, recognized on all the seas as whipping day, came around, there was a very secret hope in Jeremy's heart that the office would be forgotten. The Black Buccaneer
  • The boat - stretcher caught him fairly on the nose -- it was the bo's'n -- and the mutiny began. CHAPTER X
  • You never got them in the fight in the longboat when the bo's'n carved you up. CHAPTER XIII
  • Others of importance aboard were Carney, chief engineer; Tompkins, bo's'n; The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
  • And now you want the bo's'n to jump him and throw him overboard. CHAPTER VI
  • Go up in a bo's'n's chair in these conditions and try to unsnarl the mess.
  • Since his lieutenancy aboard the prize-sloop, however, the bo's'n had necessarily ceased to be the executive of punishment, and when Monday, recognized on all the seas as whipping day, came around, there was a very secret hope in Jeremy's heart that the office would be forgotten. The Black Buccaneer
  • The bo's'n, a grizzled veteran of many sea-fights, was kneeling beside his Captain with an ear to his side. The Black Buccaneer
  • As bo's'n, it was not only his right but his duty to lay in with a rope's end occasionally. The Black Buccaneer
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