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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 boat·swain /ˈbosṇ/
 水手長

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Boat·swain n.
 1. Naut. 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.
 2. Zool. (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird.
 Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 boatswain
      n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
          other seamen [syn: bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun]