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rereward

First used Middle English through the 19th century

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From rere + -ward.

First known use, by meaning

Middle English through the 19th century Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks) .

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.