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noun direction toward the rear
adjective located in or toward the back or rear
adjective directed or moving toward the rear
originEtymology tree English rear Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English rearward From rear + -ward.
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