hind

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hind1

▶adjective situated at the back.

– origin ME: perh. from OE behindan (see behind).

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hind2

▶noun a female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.

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hind3

▶noun archaic, chiefly Scottish a skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage.

■ a peasant.

– origin OE hīne ‘household servants’, appar. from hīgna, hīna, genitive pl. of hīgan, hīwan ‘family members’.

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hind-

▶combining form (added to nouns) posterior: hindquarters.