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bo's'n

  [boh-suhn]
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–noun
boatswain.
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boat⋅swain

  [boh-suhn; spelling pron. boht-sweyn]
–noun
a warrant officer on a warship, or a petty officer on a merchant vessel, in charge of rigging, anchors, cables, etc.
Also, bo's'n, bosun.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME bote-swayn. See boat, swain
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boatswain 
c.1450, from late O.E. batswegen, from bat "boat" + O.N. sveinn "boy" (see swain). Phonetic spelling bo'sun is attested from 1868.
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