Coast Guard

American  

noun

1. U.S. Military.  a military service under the Department of Transportation, which in peacetime enforces maritime laws, saves lives and property at sea, and maintains aids to navigation, and which in wartime may be placed under the Navy Department to augment the navy.

2. (lowercase)  any similar organization for aiding navigation, preventing smuggling, etc.

3. Also called coastguardsman.  (lowercase)  a member of any such organization.

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Etymology

Origin of Coast Guard

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Bryson Saunders has ridden the roller coaster: He started buying dogecoin in 2021 because he kept hearing other recruits at his Tampa base bragging about how much money they had made with the cryptocurrency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beijing quickly retaliated by sending Chinese coast guard vessels into waters around disputed islands and military drones near an outlying Japanese island.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coast Guard and Navy with interdiction operations in the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal

During a press conference announcing the seizure, Brandon Tseng, co-founder of Shield AI, interrupted a Coast Guard official’s comments to cheer, “Hell, yes!”

From The Wall Street Journal

Building on a $198 million contract it awarded Shield AI in 2024, the Coast Guard said it plans to add V-BATs to a dozen cutters, plus more on land near the U.S. southern border.

From The Wall Street Journal