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bowsman
n. (context nautical English) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
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Bowsman
Bowsman is a former village in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located within the Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman. The community is 16 kilometres north of the Town of Swan River. Bowsman was originally incorporated as a village in 1949.
Usage examples of "bowsman".
The mutineer was the bowsman of the mate, and when fast to a fish, it was his duty to sit next him, while Radney stood up with his lance in the prow, and haul in or slacken the line, at the word of command.
Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together.