afterguardsman

English

Etymology

afterguard +‎ -s- +‎ -man

Noun

afterguardsman (plural afterguardsmen)

1. (historical, nautical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, [1]

     "I found an afterguardsman in our part of the ship here and I bid him be off where he belongs."