coastguard

English Thesaurus

1. a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters (noun.group)

hypernym	:	armed service, military service, service,
definition	:	a force that is a branch of the armed forces (noun.group)

hyponym	:	u. s. coast guard, united states coast guard, us coast guard,
definition	:	an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce (noun.group)

member holonym	:	coastguardsman,
definition	:	a member of a coastguard (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)