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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical, nautical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship.
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."
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Afterguardsman means (historical, nautical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing ship.
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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."
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