coastguardsman

American  

[kohst-gahrdz-muhn] / ˈkoʊstˌgɑrdz mən /

noun

plural

coastguardsmen

1. Coast Guard.

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Etymology

Origin of coastguardsman

1840–50; Coast Guard + 's 1 + man

Example Sentences

In 1942 he appeared on the New York stage in a supporting role as a coastguardsman in “Yankee Point,” a home-front drama.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2010

He raised his voice when uttering the last words, as if asking a question; so, the coastguardsman answered it at once.

From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by Greene, John B.

Then she walked quickly on till she came to that path, crossed, went back to the coastguardsman, and addressed him, with a roseate glow on her cheek.

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William

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

From The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll by Various

So sagacious were those dogs that they knew the appearance of a coastguardsman at a great distance, and employed every stratagem to avoid him, so that they were seldom captured or shot.

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred