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surfmen
n. (plural of surfman English)
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Surfmen
Surfmen was the terminology used to describe members of the United States Lifesaving Service. It is also currently the highest qualification in the United States Coast Guard for small boat operations.
Usage examples of "surfmen".
It seemed incredible, at first glance, that even skilled surfmen could effect a landing at such a place.
His own family went back more than two hundred years on Cape Cod, spawning several generations of families all tied to the sea, through service as lighthouse keepers, surfmen in the Lifesaving Service, or fishermen.