Sailors bragged in front of king and queen, say, on board (7)

I believe the answer is:

crewmen

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'king and queen say on board' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'sailors bragged in front' is the wordplay.
'sailors' becomes 'men'.
'bragged' becomes 'crew' (past tense of 'crow').
'in front' says to put letters next to each other.
'men' after 'crew' is 'CREWMEN'.

'of' is the link.

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