# coast guard

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.

## Etymology
From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coast-guard