boatswain
English
/ˈbəʊ.sən/, /ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/, /ˈboʊ.sən/
noun
Definitions
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The tropicbird.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English botswain inherited from Old English bātsweġen, bāt (boat, vessel, food, that which can be bitten, bait, ship) + Old Norse sveinn (boy)com from English boat + English swain (boy, servant, rural male lover).
Origin
English
swain
Gloss
boy, servant, rural male lover
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeroboat English
- airboat English
- bareboat English
- boat English
- boatable English
- boatage English
- boatbearer English
- boatbill English
- boatbuilder English
- boatbuilding English
- boater English
- boatful English
- boathook English
- boathorse English
- boathouse English
- boatie English
- boatish English
- boatkeeper English
- boatless English
- boatlet English
- boatlift English
- boatlike English
- boatload English
- boatmaker English
- boatmaking English
- boatman English
- boatmate English
- boatneck English
- boatnecked English
- boatowner English
- boatperson English
- boatside English
- boatsman English
- boatspeak English
- boattail English
- boattailed English
- boatward English
- boatwoman English
- boatwright English
- boaty English
- boatyard English
- chopboat English
- coxswain English
- dayboat English
- dreamboat English
- dredgeboat English
- eelboat English
- ferryboat English
- fireboat English
- fishboat English
- flyboat English
- foldboat English
- gas boat English
- gunboat English
- hatchboat English
- horseboat English
- houseboat English
- iceboat English
- iceboating English
- jetboat English
- keelboat English
- lifeboat English
- lightboat English
- lobsterboat English
- logboat English
- longboat English
- mailboat English
- motorboat English
- mudboat English
- narrowboat English
- paddleboat English
- pap boat English
- party boat English
- pedalboat English
- pigboat English
- playboat English
- poleboat English
- policeboat English
- powerboat English
- riverboat English
- rowboat English
- safariboat English
- sailboat English
- sauceboat English
- seaboat English
- showboat English
- shrimpboat English
- speedboat English
- spyboat English
- steamboat English
- stoneboat English
- swain English
- swaining English
- swainish English
- swainling English
- swainmote English
- swainship English
- sweepboat English
- sweepboats English
- swiftboat English
- swingboat English
- swordboat English
- towboat English
- trawlboat English
- tugboat English
- waistboat English
- waterboat English
- well-boat English
- whaleboat English
- workboat English
- soini Finnish
- *baitaz Proto-Germanic
- *swaina- Proto-Germanic
- *swainaz Proto-Germanic
- batweard Old English
- bāt Old English
- bātsweġen Old English
- sweġen Old English
- bot Middle English
- botswain Middle English
- swayn Middle English
- bósan Irish
- bátr Old Norse
- sveinn Old Norse
- bat Old French
- batel Old French
- boato Esperanto
- sveinn Icelandic
- बोट Hindi
- bad Welsh
- బోటు Telugu
- sveinur Faroese
- baûsouîn Norman
- bát Middle Irish
- bojin Marshallese
- bot Bislama
- boat
- boaty
- swain
- boater
- boatie
- seaboat
- flyboat
- iceboat
- mudboat
- boatlet
- airboat
- boatish
- boatage
- pigboat
- rowboat
- boatful
- boatman
- logboat
- towboat
- gunboat
- tugboat
- spyboat
- eelboat
- dayboat
- jetboat
- boatsman
- gas boat
- lifeboat
- coxswain
- bareboat
- longboat
- mailboat
- boatless
- chopboat
- showboat
- aeroboat
- foldboat
- poleboat
- workboat
- swainish
- boatload
- boathook
- boatmate
- boatbill
- pap boat
- boatward
- boattail
- keelboat
- boatlift
- boatside
- fireboat
- sailboat
- boatneck
- swaining
- boatlike
- boatable
- fishboat
- boatyard
- playboat
- boathorse
- hatchboat
- lightboat
- powerboat
- horseboat
- swingboat
- waistboat
- dreamboat
- boatspeak
- houseboat
- speedboat
- boatowner
- stoneboat
- ferryboat
- swiftboat
- swainling
- boathouse
- steamboat
- sweepboat
- boatmaker
- waterboat
- swainship
- swainmote
- motorboat
- trawlboat
- riverboat
- sauceboat
- swordboat
- boatwoman
- pedalboat
- well-boat
- whaleboat
- paddleboat
- dredgeboat
- boatperson
- iceboating
- boatmaking
- narrowboat
- party boat
- boattailed
- shrimpboat
- boatnecked
- policeboat
- safariboat
- boatwright
- boatbearer
- boatkeeper
- sweepboats
- boatbuilder
- lobsterboat
- boatbuilding