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coastguard

coastguard is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of coastguard

pluralcoastguards

Origin of coastguard

From coast + guard.

Words formed from coastguard

Questions about coastguard

What is coastguard the alternative spelling of?
Coastguard is the alternative spelling of coast guard.

Words near coastguard in the dictionary

  1. coaster step
  2. coaster steps
  3. coasters
  4. Coasters Retreat
  5. coasterware
  6. coastguard
  7. coastguarding
  8. coastguardman
  9. coastguardmen
  10. coastguards
  11. coastguardsman

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