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boatswain

supervisor of a ship's deck department
Class type of: sailor, military officer Q303486

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
military rank, maritime occupation[2]
Subclass of
sailor, military officer[3][4]
Short name
bsm., BSN[8][9]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5][6]
ISCO-08 occupation class
8350[11]
Nickname
дракон, дракон[7]
Uses
boatswain's call[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en bossun en bosun en Petty Officer en deck boss en BSN en botsman en boatswain en bootsmann en bo's'n en bos'n ar رئيس البحارة ar رئيسة البحارة cs loďmistr cs loďmistryně da Bådsmand el ναύκληρος es contramaestre fi Pursimies fr bosco he רב מלחים
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bosun2.jpg ↗
AniDB tag ID
688
BNCF Thesaurus ID
50115
ESCO Occupation ID
2e46a2a3-4d33-469e-8d50-588cc17e6bed
Freebase ID
/m/02v31w
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
contramestre-1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0093570, 0171673
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
båtsmann
J9U entity ID
987007287009905171
Lex ID
bådsmand
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
902745
Uppslagsverket Finland ID
Baatsman
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WikiKids ID
Bootsman
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09881589-n

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🔗 Connections
← Military, police or special rank 7
Joshamee Gibbs, William Fly, Pavel Khristophorovich Dubinda, Otton Gordziałkowski, Francisco Albo, Klimenty Grigorievich Nagorny, Tom Ayrton
Named after 2
Contramaestre, Boatswain
Subclass of 2
military officer, sailor
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
military rank
Uses 1
boatswain's call
← Occupation 1
Anne Bedian
← Used by 1
boatswain's call
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Summary

boatswain is a military rank[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for boatswain include Contramaestre[12], a municipality of Cuba[13], in Cuba[14] and Boatswain[15], an application software[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for boatswain include Contramaestre[12], a municipality of Cuba[13], in Cuba[14] and Boatswain[15], an application software[16].

Related Entities

Boatswain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISCO-08 occupation class → 8350
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #33365: isco inferences from esco"
  2. 24w ago · Jheald · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ESCO Occupation ID → 2e46a2a3-4d33-469e-8d50-588cc17e6bed
    "Created claim: ESCO Occupation ID: 2e46a2a3-4d33-469e-8d50-588cc17e6bed, Matched to boatswain (#29241984) in…"
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