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brassbounder

brassbounder noun: a young ship's apprentice whose parents paid for him to have certain privileges on board.

Noun

brassbounder (plural brassbounders)

  1. (historical) A young ship's apprentice whose parents paid for him to have certain privileges on board.

brassbounder meaning in Tamil

brassbounder in Tamil

கப்பலில் உரிமைப் பயிற்சிப் பணியாளர்

Forms of brassbounder

pluralbrassbounders

Origin of brassbounder

From brassbound + -er.

Questions about brassbounder

What does brassbounder mean?
Brassbounder means a young ship's apprentice whose parents paid for him to have certain privileges on board.
What is brassbounder in Tamil?
Brassbounder in Tamil is கப்பலில் உரிமைப் பயிற்சிப் பணியாளர். See Brassbounder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brassbounder?
Brassbounder is a noun.
What is the plural of brassbounder?
The plural of brassbounder is brassbounders.

Words near brassbounder in the dictionary

  1. brassart
  2. brassarts
  3. brassboard
  4. brassboards
  5. brassbound
  6. brassbounder
  7. brassbounders
  8. brasse
  9. brassed
  10. brassed it out
  11. brassed off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brassbounder (page history and authors); brassbounder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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