b 3 o 1 a 1 t 1 s 1 w 4 a 1 i 1 n 1
9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
originFrom Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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