English Explanatory Dictionary

coastwatcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific island locations during World War II, to observe enemy shipping movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel.

Word forms

coastwatcher coastwatchers

Etymology

From coast + watcher.

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