Coastguard

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of coast guard. alt-of, alternative

    "More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017."

  2. 2
    a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a coastguard wordnet

Synonyms

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advance guardair-sea rescueargosyarmadaarmed guardbank guard

Example

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"Sami had time to let the coastguard he was having trouble."

Etymology

From coast + guard.

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