Situated at the back or in the rear; (Nautical) of or belonging to the rear part of a ship, nearer to the stern (cf. sense B. 2).

Situated at the back or in the rear; (Nautical) situated towards the aft of a boat; = aftward, adj. Cf. after, adj. 4. rare.

Situated behind, at the back, or in the rear; posterior. (Notwithstanding its comparative form, it does not differ in sense from hind, but is more…

= hinder, adj.1 (In quot. 1340 as noun (translating Latin posteriora) = hinder parts.)

Situated behind, in the rear, or at the back; posterior. Usually opposed to fore, in things existing in pairs front and back, as the limbs of…

Situated behind or in the rear, or away from the front.

Military and Navy. Designating or relating to a division of troops placed or moving as the last in order, or to the deployment of such troops…

Opposed to anterior. Chiefly Anatomy. Situated at the back; situated behind or further back than something else; denoting the hindmost of a pair or…

Situated in or at the rear.

Placed towards or at the back or rear. Obsolete.

Situated behind; hind-.

Hinder, posterior, back.

In the rear, behind. (So in Latin) Obsolete.

figurative. Dishonourable, clandestine; inferior, lesser. Also: situated at the back or behind. Obsolete.

Situated behind or at the back; rear. Obsolete. rare.

On or designating the reverse of a coin, medal, or similar object; facing away from or not intended to be seen by the observer.

Of, relating to, or situated in the rear part of a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, etc. Also: (of a wind) coming from the rear.

Of a view or prospect: lying behind a person.

Towards the rear; backward; posterior.

Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology. Posterior; situated at or towards the back; facing backwards.

Rear, posterior. Chiefly euphemistic, with reference to (the vicinity of) a person's buttocks or backside. Cf. west, adv. 2. Obsolete.

Lying immediately behind; adjacent in a posterior direction.