Found 2 items, similar to bosun.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bosun bosun n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bo'sun]
English → English (gcide) Definition: bosun boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"s'n), n. See Boatswain. [Obs.] [Also spelled bosun.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] bosun \bosun\ n. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; a contraction of boatswain. [Also spelled bo'sun.] Syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bo'sun, boson. [WordNet 1.5]