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coast guards

coast guards is the plural of coast guard.

Meaning of coast guard

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”

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Questions about coast guards

What is coast guards the plural of?
Coast guards is the plural of coast guard.

Words near coast guards in the dictionary

  1. coast fox
  2. coast foxes
  3. coast guard
  4. coast guarder
  5. coast guarders
  6. coast guards
  7. coast live oak
  8. coast live oaks
  9. Coast Miwok
  10. Coast of B. C.
  11. Coast of B.C.

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