rereward

English

Etymology

rere +‎ -ward

Noun

rereward (plural rerewards)

Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks). [Middle English through the 19th century]

Anagrams

redrawer, rewarder

Middle English

Alternative forms

rerewarde, reirwarde, reerwarde, rierwarde

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman rerewarde; equivalent to rere +‎ ward.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)ward(ə)/

Noun

rereward

The back side of an army; the forces at the rear.
(rare) A strike from behind.

Descendants

English: rearward (obsolete in this sense)

References

“rēre-ward(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

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