plural of coast guard

Channel Island fox

The coastal areas of present-day Togo, Benin, and western Nigeria, once an important export centre for the Atlantic slave trade.

(zoology) A small South African mammal, Bathyergus suillus, that builds extensive burrows.

(slang, politics) The United States West Coast.

(historical) The western coast of the Indian subcontinent, more appropriately towards the southern part of it. A region in the southwest of India. Principally the present state of Kerala.

(UK, historical) A custom house officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade.

(idiomatic) There is no danger; one can freely pass through a region without risk of discovery.

plural of coast guarder

Synonym of coastguardsman