AFTERGUARD Definition & Meaning

afterguard

[ af-ter-gahrd, ahf- ]

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noun

Nautical Slang.

the owner of a yacht or his guests.
the officers quartered in the stern of a vessel.

afterguard

/ ˈɑː�ڳ�əˌɡɑː�� /

noun

a sailor or group of sailors stationed on the poop to attend to the aft sails
the members of the crew responsible for strategic decisions about the sailing and navigation of a boat

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of afterguard¹

First recorded in 1820–30; after + guard

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He and Bruni, a member of the afterguard for Artemis Racing, are familiar competitors at the Gold Cup.

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There's the afterguard which includes the helmsman who steers, a strategist and the tactician.

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Andrew was in the ‘afterguard’—the thinking part of the crew, working on tactics and weather analysis and such.”

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Go seek the man, whether topman, afterguard, or idler, who has ever been upon a seven or three years’ station, and ask him whence his chief consolation in the watch of safety, or peril, and he, if a true sailor, shall answer with an indescribable roll of the jaw—“Pigtail!!!”

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The captain, mate, Chips, cook, and myself formed the "afterguard."

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