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headmost

headmost adjective: closest to the front of a group or pack.

Adjective

headmost (not comparable)

  1. Closest to the front of a group or pack
    • The headmost was a ship, and the other, a brig.1836, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast
    • The headmost hounds soon burst out of the coppice, followed by three or four riders with reckless haste, regardless of the broken and difficult nature of the ground. "1859, Sir Walter Scott, “Rob Roy”, in Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds., editor, The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII

Origin of headmost

From head + -most.

Questions about headmost

What does headmost mean?
Headmost means closest to the front of a group or pack.
What part of speech is headmost?
Headmost is an adjective.

Words near headmost in the dictionary

  1. headmistressships
  2. headmistressy
  3. headmold
  4. headmold-shot
  5. headmolds
  6. headmost
  7. headmould
  8. headmould-shot
  9. headmoulds
  10. headmount
  11. headmounts

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