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REARMOST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rearmost mean?
• REARMOST (adjective)
The adjective REARMOST has 1 sense:
1. located farthest to the rear
Familiarity information: REARMOST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located farthest to the rear
Synonyms:
backmost; hindermost; hindmost; rearmost
Similar:
back (related to or located at the back)
Context examples
As I tramped along, the rearmost of the four, I could not help smiling at the appearance of my three companions in front.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A long, straggling troop bore spades and mattocks while the two rearmost of all staggered along under a huge basket o' fresh-caught carp, for the morrow was Friday, and there were fifty platters to be filled and as many sturdy trenchermen behind them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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