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afterguardsman

afterguardsman noun: a member of the afterguard on a sailing ship.

Noun

afterguardsman (plural afterguardsmen)

  1. (historical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship
    • "I found an afterguardsman in our part of the ship here and I bid him be off where he belongs."1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html

Forms of afterguardsman

pluralafterguardsmen

Origin of afterguardsman

From afterguard + -s- + -man.

Questions about afterguardsman

What does afterguardsman mean?
Afterguardsman means a member of the afterguard on a sailing ship.
What part of speech is afterguardsman?
Afterguardsman is a noun.
What is the plural of afterguardsman?
The plural of afterguardsman is afterguardsmen.

Words near afterguardsman in the dictionary

  1. aftergrasses
  2. aftergrowth
  3. aftergrowths
  4. afterguard
  5. afterguards
  6. afterguardsman
  7. afterguardsmen
  8. afterhand
  9. afterhaps
  10. afterheat
  11. afterheats

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