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English Dictionary: hindermost by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hindermost
adj
  1. located farthest to the rear [syn: backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost]
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. [bd]Rachel and Joseph
      hindermost.[b8] --Gen. xxxiii. 2.
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