Definitions for bosuns

bosuns bo·sun

Spelling: [boh-suh n]
IPA: /ˈboʊ sən/

Bosuns is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in bosuns (bnossu).

Definitions for bosuns

noun

  1. boatswain.

Origin of bosuns

First recorded in 1865-70

Examples for bosuns

He interrupted the eloquence of his bosun as soon as he had finished his drink.

The bosun came up again and reported thirty miles from noon.

Other faces appeared: Bevans, the steward, and Prass, the bosun.

And the bosun, he's as strong as an ox, and might be a useful man.

There were voices, too, the ingenuous bawlings of that bosun, offensively active.

The bosun himself had been ill, but was better after reading it.

I sprang up from Runnles' side, but the bosun from the bed beyond was before me.

bosun, if you want it, you can have it, but I tell you straight you got to help me get this ship clean.

“Hah, look at that, bosun,” cried the carpenter triumphantly.

Get a brick out of the galley, and I'll make you a bosun without pay.

Word Value for bosuns
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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