An army was divided into the vanguard, the rearguard and the main body.
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Rearguard
//ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd//
Synonyms for "rearguard"
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30 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- οὐραγία noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- ὀπισθοφύλακες noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ариергард noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- защита noun (soccer: defence)
Catalan
1 entries- rereguarda noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Dutch
1 entries- achterhoede noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Finnish
2 entries- jälkijoukko noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- puolustus noun (soccer: defence)
French
1 entries- arrière-garde noun (the rearmost part of a force)
German
1 entries- Nachhut noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Greek
1 entries- οπισθοφυλακή noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְאַסֵּף noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Italian
1 entries- retroguardia noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Latvian
1 entries- arjergards noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Macedonian
1 entries- заштитница noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Māori
3 entries- hiku noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- pūmanawa noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- whakatautopenga noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Norwegian
1 entries- baktropp noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Polish
2 entries- ariergarda noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- straż tylna noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Portuguese
2 entries- retaguarda noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- zaga noun (soccer: defence)
Russian
1 entries- арьерга́рд noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Spanish
2 entries- retaguardia noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- rezaga noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Turkish
3 entries- artçı noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- dümdar noun (the rearmost part of a force)
- saka noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đạo quân hậu tập noun (the rearmost part of a force)
Sample sentences
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The opposition minnows fought a desperate rearguard action in defence of their one-goal lead.
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Mancini's side only showed enough ambition when it was too late and by then battle lines were drawn as James Collins and former City captain Richard Dunne fought a magnificent rearguard action at the heart of Villa's defence.
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