Word: coastwatchers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: coast
wa
tchers
Definition: Plural of coastwatcher. 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: coast
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To sail along a coast.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: costa
Language: la
Decoded: costa
Meaning: rib, side, edge
Affix: watch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.