Coast Guard Definition

noun
A governmental force employed to defend a nation's coasts, prevent smuggling, aid vessels in distress, maintain lighthouses, etc.
Webster's New World

The United States Coast Guard.

Webster's New World
A member of a coast guard.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of coastguard.

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Noun

Singular:
coast guard
Plural:
coast-guards

Coast Guard Sentence Examples

  • The U.S. Coast Guard protects America's coastlines and waterways.

  • At one time a captain of the coast-guard, at another the protege of Benavente, viceroy of Naples, who appointed him governor of Scigliano, patronized by Osuna and Olivares, Castro was nominated a knight of the order of Santiago in 1623.

  • The air Wing of Coast Guard is operated from two stations and six air enclaves and has ten air units.

  • A Norwegian freighter ' The Tampa ' received the distress calls from the Australian Coast Guard and picked up the refugees.

  • The fact is that those who serve in the US Coast Guard fall under Homeland Security's jurisdiction and it is a functioning branch of the Armed Forces.

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