Dictionary 1. (n.) 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.2. (n.) The jager gull. 3. (n.) The tropic bird. Thesaurus Big Brother OD auditor boss captain chief chief engineer chief mate commander comptroller controller deck officer floor manager floorman floorwalker foreman gaffer ganger head headman inspector master mate monitor naval officer navigating officer navigator noncommissioned officer overman overseer patron pipes proctor quartermaster sailing master second mate shipmaster sirdar skipper slave driver straw boss subforeman super superintendent supervisor surveyor taskmaster the Old Man visitor watch officer |