Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rereward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rere-ward
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks) .

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Do not liue Hero, do not ope thine eies: / For did I thinke thou wouldſt not quickly die / Thought I thy ſpirites were ſtronger than thy ſhames / My ſelfe would on the rereward of reproches / Strike at thy life."
"For, though it were a knowen corruption, and therefore ſhould haue beene auoyded; yet [Robert] Bellarmine in muſtering vp the Fathers authorities, for proofe of the reading, ipſa (the beſt ground of their Mariolatrie) brings in [John] Chryſoſtom in the rereward."

Etymology

From rere + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rere

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

rerewards (plural)

Questions

What does rereward mean?: Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks) .
Where does rereward come from?: From rere + -ward.

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