arrière-garde — meaning in English

English meaning

• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
• rearguard noun The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.

Senses

arrière-garde is used for these senses in English:

• arrière-garde (obsolete) The rearguard of an army or other force.
• rear (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
• rearguard (military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.

rear — full definition

1. verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
2. verb Of a horse, to rise up on its hind legs.
3. noun The back part of something, or the position behind everything else.
4. adj Located at the back.

rearguard — full definition

1. noun The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
2. noun The defence, collectively the defenders.

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