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• hind
  hind

  adjective

  situated in the rear or at the back; posterior.
• Hind
  Hind

  abbreviation

  Hindustani.
• Hind.
  Hind.

  abbreviation

  Hindi.

hind

¹ American  

[hahynd] / haɪnd /

adjective

1. situated in the rear or at the back; posterior.

   the hind legs of an animal.

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hind ² American  

[hahynd] / haɪnd /

noun

hinds plural

1. Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.

2. any of several speckled serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.

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hind ³ American  

[hahynd] / haɪnd /

noun

1. a peasant or rustic.

2. Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.

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Hind ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Hindustani.

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Hind. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Hindi.

2. Hindu.

3. Hindustan.

4. Hindustani.

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Hind. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Hindi

2. Hindu

3. Hindustan

4. Hindustani

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hind ² British  

/ haɪnd /

noun

1. a simple peasant

2. (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker

3. a steward

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hind ³ British  

/ haɪnd /

noun

1. the female of the deer, esp the red deer when aged three years or more

2. any of several marine serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, closely related and similar to the gropers

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hind ⁴ British  

/ haɪnd /

adjective

1. (prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear

   a hind leg

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Synonym Usage

See back ¹.

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

Example Sentences

Cox had expected to have three horses in the Derby but the barn was hit with some bad news on Thursday morning, when Fulleffort was scratched due to a chip in his left hind ankle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Fulleffort was scratched Thursday because of a chipped bone in his left hind ankle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

For nearly 20 minutes, the lynx remained absorbed in the behaviour, at times standing on its "hind legs with its gaze fixed on the rodent", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

J.W. was on his hind legs, peering over the wagon side.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck