Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The buttocks; the rear.

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  • noun humorous Bottom, bum, backside.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, behind, from Old French deriere, in back of, from Vulgar Latin *dē retrō : Latin , from, of; see de– + Latin retrō, back; see retro–.]

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From French derrière.

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