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Water Tender
Webster's Dictionary
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Water Tender'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/water-tender.html. 1828.