coastguardsman

[kohst-gahrdz-muhn]

noun

plural

coastguardsmen 

1. Coast Guard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coastguardsman¹

1840–50; Coast Guard + 's 1 + man

Example Sentences

I once asked a coastguardsman the distance from A to B; he replied: “Eight miles.”

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Nine Chinese crewmen violently resisted South Korean coastguardsmen trying to impound their 66-ton boat, a Coast Guard statement said. 

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Keep a sharp lookout on the banks; some of the coastguardsmen may be about.

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Seeing all my packages, the coastguardsmen naturally took us for smugglers, and were soon on the spot to seize our goods and carry them to the custom-house.

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"Strikes me I hear engines," declared the coastguardsman.

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