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afterguardsmen

afterguardsmen is the plural of afterguardsman.

Meaning of afterguardsman

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

Questions about afterguardsmen

What is afterguardsmen the plural of?
Afterguardsmen is the plural of afterguardsman.

Words near afterguardsmen in the dictionary

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

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