chief water tender

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chief water tender - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water tender \Water tender\ (Nav.)
     In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in
     charge in a fireroom. He "tends" water to the boilers, sees
     that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is
     also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty
     officer.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]