Hindmost

4 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "hindmost":
     aft, after, aftermost, back, backward, closing, concluding,
     eventual, final, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, lag, latest,
     latter, posterior, postern, rear, rearmost, rearward, retral,
     retrograde, tail, terminal, ultimate