afterguardsman

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noun

A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship

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Meanings

nounafterguardsman (plural afterguardsmen)

plural afterguardsmen

  1. historicalnauticalA member of the afterguard on a sailing ship

    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."

Origin

From afterguard + -s- + -man.

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APA

afterguardsman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterguardsman

MLA

“afterguardsman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterguardsman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterguardsman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterguardsman.

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