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Middle English
Etymology
Equivalent to Modern English hinderest. See hinder.
Adjective
hyndreste
- hindmost; rearmost
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 619-622:
Of Northfolk was this reve, of which I telle,
Bisyde a toun men clepen Baldeswelle.
Tukked he was, as is a frere, aboute,
And ever he rood the hindreste of our route.- Of Northfolk was this Reeve of whom I tell,
Near to a town men call Bawdeswelle.
He had his coat hitched up and belted, like a friar,
And ever he rode as the last of our company.
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