hind
adjective
situated in the rear or at the back; posterior.
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hind
1 American
[hahynd]
/ haɪnd /
adjective
hind
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American
[hahynd]
/ haɪnd /
noun
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hinds,
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hind
plural
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Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
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any of several speckled serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
hind
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American
[hahynd]
/ haɪnd /
noun
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a peasant or rustic.
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Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.
Hind
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American
abbreviation
Hind.
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abbreviation
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Hindi.
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Hindu.
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Hindustan.
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Hindustani.
Hind.
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abbreviation
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Hindi
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Hindu
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Hindustan
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Hindustani
hind
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British
/ haɪnd /
noun
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a simple peasant
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(in N Britain) a skilled farm worker
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a steward
hind
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British
/ haɪnd /
noun
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the female of the deer, esp the red deer when aged three years or more
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any of several marine serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, closely related and similar to the gropers
hind
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British
/ haɪnd /
adjective
Synonym Usage
See back 1.
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Etymology
Origin of hind1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English hinde, hint (adjective) “hind, rear, back,” shortening of bihinde(n) (adverb) “in the rear, in back,” from Old English behindan (preposition and adverb) “behind; from behind, at the back”; cognate with German hinten; see also behind, hinder 2
Origin of hind2
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch hinde, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish hind, Old High German hinta ( German, Low German Hinde )
Origin of hind3
First recorded before 1000; alteration of Middle English hine “a household, servants (collectively), a servant,” probably from Old English (Anglian) hīne, hī(g)na, genitive of hīgan (equivalent to West Saxon hīwan “members of a household, domestics”); cf. hide 3
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Halfway to the trap, she stops, sits back on her hind legs and warily eyes the bowl of food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He had lost 10% of his body weight and had several of his toes missing on a hind leg, which zoo officials said happened in the wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
It also had large hind legs and smaller, thinner front limbs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s version of the Trojan Horse—35 feet tall and rearing on hind legs—was half buried in sand on the Atlantic coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The bear responded with an attempt to kick up dirt with his hind leg, which, of course, did not work.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
In 2024 he released "Hind's Hall," which pays tribute to Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl whose death sparked a wave of international outrage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The military’s own prosecutors will conduct criminal investigations into one attack that killed a young girl named Hind Rajab and another that took the lives of 15 medical responders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Harvey Hind, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, appeared in Wednesday's episode of the BBC One soap, playing Arlo, a pre-school boy who is registered blind.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, is nominated in the international feature category.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
“When you were with Hyzenthlay, did she tell you why she was put into the Near Hind Mark?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Sand-pig, or, as Jerdon has it, Bhalu-soor, Hind., i.e.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
"Wahsh," which Galland translates "Tiger," and is followed by his Hind. translator.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Hind. charpoy = that which has four feet or legs.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
The only appellative for a river which I find derived from its sound is the Sanscrit nadi, Hind. nuddy, from nad, sonare.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
"I'd like to issue former condolences to oliver stark, aisha hinds, angela bassett, and the rest of the 911 cast for having to work with ryan guzman," said another.
From Fox News ● Jun. 1, 2020
But fewer dream of shooting the hinds – the most effective way of arresting population growth – and so the responsibility falls to the owners.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2018
Indeed, it was all around him here in the west Highlands, with herds of hinds and stags roaming the hills, and deer-stalkers in bloodstained tweeds riding by on their quad bikes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2018
Red deer hinds graze as the rutting season draws to a close in Glen Etive, Scotland.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2012
By the look of them it was a single deer, probably a buck: they don’t pick up their feet as high as hinds do, and Torak saw drag marks in the snow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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