Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afterguardsman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: af-ter-guards-man
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship

Example Sentences

"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.

Inflected Forms

afterguardsmen (plural)

Questions

What does afterguardsman mean?: A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship
Where does afterguardsman come from?: From afterguard + -s- + -man.

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