Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Hindmost: opposed to foremost.

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  • adjective farthest back

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  • adjective located farthest to the rear

Etymologies

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back + -most

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Examples

  • As long as it is, Erin Hills could play a lot longer: at 8,400 yards, to be precise, from the backmost set of tees.

    The Pros and Cons of Distance Creep John Paul Newport 2011

  • He too was warmly received, except by a lonely figure on the backmost backbench, his brother, David, who sat hunched, hands clasped across his chest, without expression.

    Cameron even makes war seem reasonable | Simon Hoggart's sketch 2011

  • The warrior, whoever he was, scanned the interior of the inn as he walked toward the backmost booths, and every being who had not yet left secretly prayed that they were not what the silent visitor sought.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The warrior, whoever he was, scanned the interior of the inn as he walked toward the backmost booths, and every being who had not yet left secretly prayed that they were not what the silent visitor sought.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • I take that backmost right-thinking people wouldnt whack an animal with a stick, or make it labor in the heat of the day.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • I take that backmost right-thinking people wouldnt whack an animal with a stick, or make it labor in the heat of the day.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • The warrior, whoever he was, scanned the interior of the inn as he walked toward the backmost booths, and every being who had not yet left secretly prayed that they were not what the silent visitor sought.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • I take that backmost right-thinking people wouldnt whack an animal with a stick, or make it labor in the heat of the day.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • I knew it was my Pro-Track, so I went to find it - it was behind the backmost seat.

    Back at work again - short week ahead! magnio 2008

  • Installed alone on the backmost bench, Svenson was startled to see the Bascombe woman, her wig restored and her face — if perhaps a little pale and drawn — almost ceramically composed.

    The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

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