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‖ arrière-guard, † aˈrrear-guard
Forms: 5 arryere-, 6 arere-, arrier-, areare-gard(e, 7 arrere-, 7–8 arrear-, 7–9 arrière-guard.
[a. 15th c. Fr. arrière-guarde; in 16–17th c. quite conformed to the Eng. spelling of arrear and guard; but by mod. writers again spelt partly as French. Also, from the first, aphetized as ryere-, rere-, rear-guard, which is now the current form. OFr. had arere-guarde and rere-guarde (both in Chanson de Roland). Cf. arrear-ward: ward was the native Eng., and warde the North. F. form of the Teut. word which became in Central Fr. guarde, garde.]
= rear-guard.
1489Caxton Faytes of Armes i. xxiii. 72 Wythout noon other forwarde nor arryeregarde. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xcviii. 119 The constable of Fraunce made the areregarde. 1542Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 237 In the arriergarde or hinder warde was the Italyans and the Rhodyans. 1579Fenton Guicciard. xiii. (1599) 605 From the auaungard he became the arearegard. 1601Holland Pliny I. 194 The eldest of them leadeth the vaward..the next to him in age commeth behind with the conduct of the arrereguard. 1687Lond. Gaz. mmcclxvii/2 The Arrear-Guard was Commanded by the Elector of Bavaria. 1721Bailey, Arriere Guard. 1824Campbell Theodric Wks. 1837. 43 Our arrière-guard had check'd the Gallic van. |