hind 1
/huynd/ , adj.
situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.
[ 1300-50; ME hinde; cf. OE hindan (adv.) from behind, at the back; c. G hinten; see BEHIND, HINDER 2 ]
Syn. 1. See back 1 .
hind 2
/huynd/ , n. , pl. hinds , ( esp. collectively ) hind .
1. Zool. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, esp. 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.
[ bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D hinde, ON, Dan, Sw hind, OHG hinta (G, LG Hinde ) ]
hind 3
/huynd/ , n.
1. a peasant or rustic.
2. Scot. and North Eng. a farm laborer.
[ bef. 1000; alter. of ME hine (pl.) servants, OE (Anglian) hine, hi ( g ) na, gen. of higan (West Saxon hiwan ) members of a household, domestics; see HIDE 3 ]