Noun
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.
The jager gull.
The tropic bird.
Source: Webster's dictionary"But tell me who's the youth" (Buttercup and Boatswain) * 3. "The nightingale" (Ralph and Chorus of Sailors) * 3a. Source: Internet
Jacobs, p. 119 Audrey Williamson argued that the music of Pinafore is quintessentially English and free of European influences throughout most of the score, from the "glee" for Ralph, the Boatswain and the Carpenter, to "For He Is an Englishman". Source: Internet
In the case of Boatswain it wasn’t a lack of hunger. Source: Internet
“You’re heading straight for bankruptcy with this kind of budget,’’ Senator Anthony Boatswain said as the Upper House began two days of debate on the 2012 budget. Source: Internet
Boatswain: Fall to’t yarely, or we run ourselves aground! Source: Internet