Definition of Hindermost

1. Adjective. Located farthest to the rear.

Exact synonyms: Backmost, Hindmost, Rearmost
Similar to: Back

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

hindcasts
hinder
hinder(a)
hinderance
hinderances
hindered
hinderer
hinderers
hinderest
hindereth
hindering
hinderingly
hinderling
hinderlings
hinderment
hindermost (current term)
hinders
hindfeet
hindfoot
hindgut
hindguts
hindhead
hindheads
hindleg
hindlegs
hindleys screw
hindlimb
hindlimb suspension
hindlimbs
hindmilk

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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