coastguardsman
- noun
- /ˈkoʊstˌɡɑrdz.mən/
- UK
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guardacostas
- And seeing then and after Warren in his mother's world, he realized there was something of the perennial boy in Warren, the coastguardsman who missed the card-playing, the dinging to the base, and the company of beer-bust women-talking men, who was reined now, a husband so much younger whom he became a son to.
Examples
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She takes the beers back to the far wall where a young off-duty coastguardsman stands.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Coastguardsman takes her by the hand.
Fiction book (2002) -
Epps holds there as the Coastguardsman steps up to his girlfriend.
Fiction book (2002) -
Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. soldier, sailor, coastguardsman, marine, or airman, prayer is the very best one.
Blog text (9) -
Beers, cigarettes, and pay envelopes on the table before them, Dodge, Greer, and Murphy look on at Epps across the room, who is showing the coastguardsman a birthmark on her neck.
Fiction book (2002) -
COASTGUARDSMAN (to Epps)
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The coastguardsman bravely jumped into the water to rescue the stranded fishermen.
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After receiving a distress call, the coastguardsman prepared his boat for a search operation along the coast.
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Everyone applauded when the coastguardsman returned safely after a long day of patrolling the beach.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person whose job is to rescue and help people and boats near the coast
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9.9
A person who rescues people from shipwrecks near the shore
A woman who helps keep people and boats safe at sea and rescues them
How Land-Based
Surface Forms
Morphology
coastguardsman = coastguard (transparent) = coast + guard + man
Formed by adding the agentive '-man' to 'coastguard', making the meaning 'a (male) member of the coastguard' clear to learners.
Etymology
Coastguardsman is made of three clear parts: coast 'the land by the sea', guard 'to watch and protect', and man 'a person'. So a coastguardsman is a person who watches and protects the coast and helps with sea rescues.