Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hindmost"

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) 1.7 (wn)

hindmost
adj : located farthest to the rear [syn: {backmost}, {hindermost},
{rearmost}]


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