coastguardswoman
Definitions
Examples
“The coastguardsman was a coastguardswoman. Or maybe I should say⟳ coastguardsperson.[…]Reevaluated from the perspective that she was a coastguardswoman, C. L. McCloud could be rated cute, even pretty, possibly beautiful, but that would be going too far before I had more data.[…]I said something nasty about how a teenage punk coastguardswoman from out of the hills couldn’t hide⟳ the fact that her ancestors were Irish, too, an’ they probably came over after Culloden Moor an’ left the true church.”
“Last⟳ year, the police say⟳, a coastguardswoman, despondent over the death of her mother, was persuaded by a gypsy fortuneteller to turn⟳ over thousands of dollars of a “cursed” inheritance.”
“The five thousand residents—four thousand mostly deskbound Coastguardsmen and Coastguardswomen, plus their families—have⟳ their own⟳ frequent ferry service over to a slip⟳ at Battery Park⟳ on Manhattan right next to the Staten Island ferry, but they rarely use⟳ it unless they have⟳ to.”
“At a time, Madam President, when you and I know⟳ that in the year 2003, murders were at a record⟳ high of 229, kidnappings were over 50 in this country, people are living in fear under the pnm regime, yet still, the Government was unable to complete⟳ its recruitment of policemen, policewomen, army personnel, coastguardsmen, coastguardswomen, firefighters and prison officers.”
“It is irresponsible to subject the Coast Guard to a partial shutdown and ask⟳ active-duty coastguardsmen and coastguardswomen to work⟳ without pay⟳ simply to express⟳ a hard-headed disagreement with the administration over immigration policy.”
“Our first responders, DHS, coastguardsmen, coastguardswomen, our transportation programs, education, critical healthcare research⟳ is all that we will continue⟳ to fund through this responsible continuing resolution.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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