Hyphenation of bosun

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word bosun? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bo-sun

Definitions of bosun:

1.	A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Synonyms of bosun:

noun	boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bo'sun, mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.