Word Meanings - REARWARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak.

Related words: (words related to REARWARD)

• TROOPSHIP
  A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
• GUARDANT
  See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
• GUARDIAN
  One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
• GUARDIANSHIP
  The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
• GUARDIANESS
  A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
• GUARDIANLESS
  Without a guardian. Marston.
• TROOPBIRD
  Any troupial.
• GUARDER
  One who guards.
• GUARDS
  A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
• GUARDHOUSE
  A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
• TROOPER
  A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
• GUARDED
  Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n.
• TROOPIAL
  See TROUPIAL
• GUARDFISH
  The garfish.
• GUARDENAGE
  Guardianship. " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.
• GUARDIANAGE
  Guardianship.
• GUARDAGE
  Wardship Shak.
• GUARDFUL
  Cautions; wary; watchful. -- Guard"ful*ly, adv.
• GUARD
  1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; toaccompany for protection; to vare for. For Heaven still guards the
• GUARDABLE
  Capable of being guarded or protected.
• COUNTERGUARD
  A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
• COGUARDIAN
  A joint guardian.
• VANGUARD
  The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van. (more info) avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard,
• AXLE GUARD
  The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.
• SAFEGUARD
  1. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection. Shak. Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne. Granwille. 2. A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property. 3. A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak.
• STACK-GUARD
  A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.
• AFTERGUARD
  The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.