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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hind \Hind\, a. [Compar. {Hinder}; superl. {Hindmost}, or {Hindermost}.] [OE. hind, adv., back AS hindan behind. See {Hinder}, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before as the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hindermost \Hind"er*most`\, Hindmost \Hind"most`\, a. [The superlative of hind. See {Hind}, a.] [Cf. AS hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See {Hinder}, a., and cf {Aftermost}.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last ``Rachel and Joseph hindermost.'' --Gen. xxxiii 2. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hindmost adj : located farthest to the rear [syn: {backmost}, {hindermost}, {rearmost}]
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