Definition of "bo's'n" [bo's'n]

• Variants of boatswain. (noun)

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• "You never got them in the fight in the longboat when the bo's'n carved you up."
• "The boat - stretcher caught him fairly on the nose -- it was the bo's'n -- and the mutiny began."
• "And now you want the bo's'n to jump him and throw him overboard."