hindmost

[ hahynd-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]
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adjective
  1. furthest behind or nearest the rear; last.

Origin of hindmost

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English. See hind1, -most

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How to use hindmost in a sentence

  • The half hunt is alwayes one of the two hindmost bells which makes every bob-change.

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  • Soon the hindmost of the guerrillas and the foremost of the Federals began to exchange shots.

  • And Judas gathered together the hindmost, and he exhorted the people, all the way through, till they came into the land of Juda.

  • These rails were alternately moved forward, as the car passed from the hindmost.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • Suddenly a shriek broke from those who stood hindmost, and in strode the witch, with serpents round her neck and arms and hair.

British Dictionary definitions for hindmost

hindmost

hindermost (ˈhaɪndəˌməʊst)

/ (ˈhaɪndˌməʊst) /


adjective
  1. furthest back; last

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hindmost

hindmost

see devil take the hindmost.

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