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afterguard

[ af-ter-gahrd, ahf- ]

noun

, Nautical Slang.
  1. the owner of a yacht or his guests.
  2. the officers quartered in the stern of a vessel.


afterguard

/ ˈɑːftəˌɡɑːd /

noun

  1. a sailor or group of sailors stationed on the poop to attend to the aft sails
  2. the members of the crew responsible for strategic decisions about the sailing and navigation of a boat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of afterguard1

First recorded in 1820–30; after + guard
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Example Sentences

He and Bruni, a member of the afterguard for Artemis Racing, are familiar competitors at the Gold Cup.

There's the afterguard which includes the helmsman who steers, a strategist and the tactician.

From BBC

Andrew was in the ‘afterguard’—the thinking part of the crew, working on tactics and weather analysis and such.”

From Slate

Go seek the man, whether topman, afterguard, or idler, who has ever been upon a seven or three years’ station, and ask him whence his chief consolation in the watch of safety, or peril, and he, if a true sailor, shall answer with an indescribable roll of the jaw—“Pigtail!!!”

The captain, mate, Chips, cook, and myself formed the "afterguard."

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