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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of the women's reserve of the US Coast Guard, disbanded as a separate unit in 1946.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Contraction of Latin semper parātus, always prepared, the motto of the US Coast Guard : semper, always + parātus, prepared.]

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