Hinderling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hinderling \Hind"er*ling\, n. [AS. hinderling one who comes
     behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See {Hinder},
     a., and cf. {Hilding}.]
     A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.]
     --Callander. Hindermost