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Definition of Hindermost
1. Adjective. Located farthest to the rear.
Definition of Hindermost
1. a. Furthest in or toward the rear; last.
Definition of Hindermost
1. Adjective. hindmost ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindermost
Literary usage of Hindermost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most by Henry Howe (1845)
"... from above wer« pushing each other down the steps, when the hindermost might
have got out by ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Thucydides, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"VII. them when they retired, falling especially upon the BC413. hindermost of
them, in the hope that, if they could put to flight a few at a time, ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A chain fixed to the yoke of the hindermost oxen, and reaching to that of the
oxen before them, Loth., Roxb. It is also written Samt. V. SALT, s. SPACE, 8. ..."
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