English Explanatory Dictionary

Coastie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Coast Guard.
  2. Someone residing on the Central Coast of Australia.
noun
  1. A schoolie (senior student).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Coastie.wav

Word forms

Coastie Coasties

Etymology

From a clipping of Coast Guard + -ie (diminutive or familiarising suffix).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary