1. An officer on board of ships, who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, &c., and calls the men to their duty.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• boatswins,
• voatswain,
• noatswain,
• hoatswain,
• goatswain,
• biatswain,
• bkatswain,
• blatswain,
• bpatswain,
• b0atswain,
• b9atswain,
• boztswain,
• bostswain,
• bowtswain,
• boqtswain,
• boarswain,
• boatswain,
• boat swain,
• boatswaine,
• Hoatsean

• botswanan,
• Botkin,
• batswana,
• botswana,
• botkins.

The adjective form of the word "boatswain" is "boatswainly".

The plural of the "boatswain" can be the "boatswains".

The singular of the "boatswain" can be the "boatswain".