Sentence examples for the bosun from inspiring English sources

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the bosun

noun

A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship.

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The first officer, Magda, came from Poland and the bosun, Matt, from Italy.

One day, he called Aliabadi, the bosun, into the recreation room, where several guards were seated around a table.

The captain ordered everyone off the bridge, and Shahriar Aliabadi, the bosun, led the crewmen to the engine room.

Felito Balde, the bosun, a brawny fifty-six-year-old from the Philippines, whose arm is tattooed with a clipper ship, said, "It's simple: money".

At that moment, a Vietnamese sailor from the Naham swam toward the bosun, threw him a rope, and pulled him onto the raft.

In this expert ensemble – with tremendous chorus work – we know which one is Maintop (Jonathan Stoughton), which the Bosun (Andrew Rupp).

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The Captain and the Chief Bosun's mate, Lt. Cmdr.

A crowd is gathered at the Golden Bosun, a local bar overlooking the ocean to watch the AFL grand final.

The team bosun [in charge of equipment], Simon Hiscocks, had been authorised to lift the GB Sonar out of the water after Tuesday's racing to inspect and repair some minor damage, but a 30% discretionary penalty was imposed after the official 'measurer' said he had not been authorised to clean the keel [fin on the underside of the boat that provides stability].

In the summer of 1994 she became an apprentice on the Clearwater, eventually rising to bosun, the watery equivalent of maintenance man.

An improvised Japanese flag, sewn by one of the ship's bosun's mates, covered the bag holding the man's remains.

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