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'Boatswain' or 'bosun' may have the following meanings.

★ Boatswain, a seaman rank and occupation

★ 'Boatswain' is also another name for the skua, a predatory bird, though it can be applied to any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.

★ Boatswain was the name of a Newfoundland dog kept by Lord Byron, who honored him in elegiac poetry after he died.

★ Boatswain Bird Island, a small uninhabited island and nature reserve home to many endemic species of bird off the coast of Ascension Island.

★ "Bosun," spelled that way, is also the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Tupolev Tu-14 bomber.''

★ The word bosun also refers to a type of dinghy.

★ A boatswain's chair is a type of harness that allows a crewmember to climb into the rigging and work safely on the sails, halyards, or other rigging.