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Coast guard

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The coast guard of a particular armed forces.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of United States Coast Guard. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time."

Noun
  1. 1
    The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.

    "I went down to the coast guard to see what they're guarding / "See what the sign says, you idiot, we're guarding the coast""

Etymology

From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).

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