afterguardsman
English
editEtymology
editFrom afterguard + -s- + -man.
Noun
editafterguardsman (plural afterguardsmen)
- (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."
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, [1]