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Noun: United States Coast Guard
  1. An agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
    - U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, coastguard, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Department of Transportation, DoT, Transportation

Encyclopedia: United States Coast Guard