Word.ws English Dictionary

brassbounders

brassbounders is the plural of brassbounder.

Meaning of brassbounder

Noun

brassbounder (plural brassbounders)

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

Questions about brassbounders

What is brassbounders the plural of?
Brassbounders is the plural of brassbounder.

Words near brassbounders in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brassbounders (page history and authors); brassbounder (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “brassbounders.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/brassbounders. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.