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Rereward

Rere′wardˊ

(r?r′w?rdˊ)
,
Noun.
[See
Rearward
.]
The rear guard of an army.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024


rereward

rereward

English

Noun

rereward (plural rerewards)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks). [Middle English through the 19th century]