coastguardn.
/ˈkəʊstɡɑːd/ A force employed to guard the coast. Also attributive.In Great Britain the Coast Guard was originally employed under the Customs department to prevent smuggling (hence called the Preventive Service); the force was in 1856 transferred to the Admiralty, to be used as a general police force for the coast, available also as a defensive force.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > coastguard
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who guards the coast > force employed to guard coast
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective] > relating to force guarding coast
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1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. i. 7 So Nicholas is to be one of the Coast Guard.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 722 The forces employed in the coast-guard and revenue cruisers.
1879 G. Fennell in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 186/2 There ought to be a constant inspection..entrusted to the coast-guard service, which we believe has but little of its old original work of looking after smugglers.
1891 N.E.D. at Coast-guard Mod. The white-washed coast-guard station on the cliff.
Derivatives
ˈcoastguard-man n. (also coastguardsman) a member of the coastguard.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who guards the coast
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > coastguard
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1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 197 A coastguard-man who had..been a smuggler.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. xiv. 291 He looked like a coastguardsman.
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