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Meaning of afterguardsman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship

historical

Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

afterhaps afterheat Afterheater afterhyperpolarization Afterimage afterimagery

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