Dictionary Entry
boatswain
boatswain is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
- 2noun
The jager gull.
- 3noun
The tropic bird.
- 4noun
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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