hind
adjective
[ hʌɪnd ]
• (especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior.
• "a hind leg"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps shortened from Old English behindan (see behind).
hind
noun
• a female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.
• any of several large edible groupers with spotted markings.
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hinde and German Hinde, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘hornless’, shared by Greek kemas ‘young deer’.
hind
noun
• a skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage.
Origin:
late Old English hīne ‘household servants’, apparently from hīgna, hīna, genitive plural of hīgan, hīwan ‘family members’.
hind-
combining form
• (added to nouns) at the back; posterior.
• "hindquarters"
