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rear-guard

rear-guard adjective: of, or relating to, a rearguard.

Adjective

rear-guard

  1. Of, or relating to, a rearguard.
  2. Of, or relating to, resistance in politics, etc.

rear-guard meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit

rear-guard in Tamil

பின்னணிப் பாதுகாவற்படை

rear-guard in Kannada

ಬೆಂಗಾವಲು

rear-guard in Sanskrit

rear-guard
अनुग्रह anugraha

Antonyms of rear-guard

Questions about rear-guard

What does rear-guard mean?
Rear-guard means of, or relating to, a rearguard.
What is rear-guard in Tamil?
Rear-guard in Tamil is பின்னணிப் பாதுகாவற்படை. See Rear-guard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rear-guard?
Rear-guard is an adjective.

Words near rear-guard in the dictionary

  1. rear-ender
  2. rear-enders
  3. rear-ending
  4. rear-ends
  5. rear-fanged
  6. rear-guard
  7. rear-horse
  8. rear-horses
  9. rear-view
  10. rear-view mirror
  11. rear-view mirrors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rear-guard (page history and authors); rear-guard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rear-guard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अनुग्रह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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