Afterguardsman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship historical

    "1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html "I found an afterguardsman in our part of the ship here and I bid him be off where he belongs.""

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"1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html "I found an afterguardsman in our part of the ship here and I bid him be off where he belongs.""

Etymology

From afterguard + -s- + -man.

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