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coast guard

coast guard noun: the organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.

Noun

coast guard (plural coast guards)

  1. The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
    • I went down to the coast guard to see what they're guarding / "See what the sign says, you idiot, we're guarding the coast"2018, Bill Wurtz, “Long Long Long Journey”

Proper noun capitalized: Coast Guard

Coast Guard

  1. The coast guard of a particular armed forces.
  2. (US, abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of United States Coast Guard.
    • An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.2016 April 25, Madison Park, “Coast Guard rescues man running in a bubble in the ocean, again”, in CNN

coast guard meaning in Hindi, Tagalog and Vietnamese

coast guard in Hindi

enforcer of maritime law
तटरक्षक taṭrakṣak

coast guard in Tagalog

enforcer of maritime law
bantay-dagat, guwardakosta, tanudpasigan

coast guard in Vietnamese

enforcer of maritime law
cảnh sát biển, tuần duyên

Forms of coast guard

pluralcoast guards
alternative formcoastguard

Origin of coast guard

From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).

Questions about coast guard

What does coast guard mean?
Coast guard means the organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
What is coast guard in Hindi?
Coast guard in Hindi is तटरक्षक (taṭrakṣak). See Coast guard meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coast guard?
Coast guard can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of coast guard?
The plural of coast guard is coast guards.

Words near coast guard in the dictionary

  1. coassumes
  2. coassuming
  3. coast
  4. coast fox
  5. coast foxes
  6. coast guard
  7. coast guarder
  8. coast guarders
  9. coast guards
  10. coast live oak
  11. coast live oaks

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