afterguardsman
English
Etymology
afterguard + -s- + -man
Noun
afterguardsman (plural afterguardsmen)
- (historical, nautical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12,
- "I found an afterguardsman in our part of the ship here and I bid him be off where he belongs."
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12,
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