arrière-guardn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌarɪɛːˈɡɑːd/, U.S.

/ˌɑriɛrˈɡɑrd/

Forms: late Middle English arrer-garde, late Middle English arryere-garde, 1500s areare-gard, 1500s areare-garde, 1500s arere-garde, 1500s arrear-gard, 1500s arrere-garde, 1500s arrier-garde, 1500s–1600s arrere-gard, 1500s–1600s arrier-gard, 1500s–1600s arriere-gard, 1500s–1600s 1900s– arriere-garde, 1600s arear-guard, 1600s areare-guard, 1600s arrere-guard, 1600s arrier-guard, 1600s– arrear-guard, 1600s– arrière-guard, 1600s– arriere-guard, 1700s arrière-gard, 1700s– arrière-garde.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French arriere-garde.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman arer-garde, Middle French arriere-garde, ariere-garde, arrer-garde (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French as arieregarde ; French arrière-garde ) < arere behind (see arrear adv.) + guarde guard n. With the forms in English compare arrear n. and guard n. Compare slightly earlier rearguard n.¹, and also arrear-ward n. Compare also avant-garde n., vanguard n.

A. n.

1. Military. The rear division of an army or fleet drawn up for action; (also) a body of troops detached from the main force to bring up and protect the rear; = rearguard n.¹ 1. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > rear

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1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxiii. sig. Eiiij^v Wythout noon other forwarde nor arryeregarde.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xcviii. f. 49/1 Therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde.

1579 J. Brooke tr. P. Viret Christian Disputations iii. f. 173 Thou art not so wel armed as thou vauntest thy selfe: except peraduenture there bee some thinge more excellent in the arriere garde.

1659 Mercurius Politicus 6–13 Jan. 152 He left three squadrons of the Arrear-guard to defend that passage.

1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. vi. 72 One party of the Pirats preceding in the Van,..and the rest of the Pirats in the Arrear-Guard.

1743 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 481/2 We made of all our Forces an Arriere Guard, whereby we deceived our Enemies by a slow Retreat.

1798 G. F. Koehler tr. C. de Warnery Remarks on Cavalry vi. 58 Every corps of cavalry..should on all occasions, have on a march, an advance, and an arrear guard.

1824 T. Campbell Theodric 10 Our arrière-guard had checked the Gallic van.

1870 tr. G. W. F. Hegel in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 4 376 He..has no remarkable confidence in their bravery, since he places them only in the rear, although not as a reserve but as an arrière garde.

1920 North-China Herald 20 Mar. 756/1 The Czech Arriere Guard has now left Irkutsk.

2014 M. Croce Chivalric Folk Trad. Sicily iv. 72 Some Christian warriors, probably Basques, attacked the French arrière guard.

2. Usually in form arrière-garde. A group of people holding cautious, conformist, or outdated opinions; conservatives or traditionalists, esp. in the arts, regarded collectively. Cf. rearguard n.¹ 2.Often contrasted with avant-garde.

ΚΠ

1952 D. Hoffman Paul Bunyan iv. 116 Paul Bunyan emerges..as a symbol dramatizing the ideals of the arrière guard in industrial management.

1962 Punch 16 May 770/2 Mr. Glong seems to miss in Victorian buildings..all that holds such fascination today for the architectural arrière garde.

1989 Mod. Painters Autumn 120/2 Moffitt's methods, arguments, and conclusions, being equally novel and provocative, will doubtless give equal offence to the ‘avant-gardist’ arrière-garde.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 13/1 The musical avant-garde of the twentieth century now looks like an arrière-garde, trying vainly to hold back the tide.

B. adj.

Usually in form arrière-garde. In the arts: representative of the arrière-garde, conservative, reactionary; conventional, traditional.Often contrasted with avant-garde.

ΚΠ

1944 Washington Post 7 Aug. 8/7 I am not sure whether this stuff is to be classified as avant-garde or arriere-garde.

1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 June 729/2 Ernest Newman saw Debussy as having become rather arrière-garde.

2014 M. R. Shirazi Towards Artic. Phenomenol. Interpr. Archit. iii. 86 Because of the problematic of the avant-garde in architecture, Frampton promotes instead an arrière-garde position.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arrière-guard
释义	arrière-guardn.adj. Brit. /ˌarɪɛːˈɡɑːd/, U.S. /ˌɑriɛrˈɡɑrd/ Forms: late Middle English arrer-garde, late Middle English arryere-garde, 1500s areare-gard, 1500s areare-garde, 1500s arere-garde, 1500s arrear-gard, 1500s arrere-garde, 1500s arrier-garde, 1500s–1600s arrere-gard, 1500s–1600s arrier-gard, 1500s–1600s arriere-gard, 1500s–1600s 1900s– arriere-garde, 1600s arear-guard, 1600s areare-guard, 1600s arrere-guard, 1600s arrier-guard, 1600s– arrear-guard, 1600s– arrière-guard, 1600s– arriere-guard, 1700s arrière-gard, 1700s– arrière-garde. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French arriere-garde. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman arer-garde, Middle French arriere-garde, ariere-garde, arrer-garde (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French as arieregarde ; French arrière-garde ) < arere behind (see arrear adv.) + guarde guard n. With the forms in English compare arrear n. and guard n. Compare slightly earlier rearguard n.¹, and also arrear-ward n. Compare also avant-garde n., vanguard n. A. n. 1. Military. The rear division of an army or fleet drawn up for action; (also) a body of troops detached from the main force to bring up and protect the rear; = rearguard n.¹ 1. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > rear back-wardc1275 rearwarda1325 reredosc1400 reward1440 back-guardc1470 rearguard1481 arrière-guard1489 retroguard1574 arrear-ward1579 forlorn hope1579 train1598 back1600 rear1604 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxiii. sig. Eiiij^v Wythout noon other forwarde nor arryeregarde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xcviii. f. 49/1 Therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde. 1579 J. Brooke tr. P. Viret Christian Disputations iii. f. 173 Thou art not so wel armed as thou vauntest thy selfe: except peraduenture there bee some thinge more excellent in the arriere garde. 1659 Mercurius Politicus 6–13 Jan. 152 He left three squadrons of the Arrear-guard to defend that passage. 1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. vi. 72 One party of the Pirats preceding in the Van,..and the rest of the Pirats in the Arrear-Guard. 1743 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 481/2 We made of all our Forces an Arriere Guard, whereby we deceived our Enemies by a slow Retreat. 1798 G. F. Koehler tr. C. de Warnery Remarks on Cavalry vi. 58 Every corps of cavalry..should on all occasions, have on a march, an advance, and an arrear guard. 1824 T. Campbell Theodric 10 Our arrière-guard had checked the Gallic van. 1870 tr. G. W. F. Hegel in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 4 376 He..has no remarkable confidence in their bravery, since he places them only in the rear, although not as a reserve but as an arrière garde. 1920 North-China Herald 20 Mar. 756/1 The Czech Arriere Guard has now left Irkutsk. 2014 M. Croce Chivalric Folk Trad. Sicily iv. 72 Some Christian warriors, probably Basques, attacked the French arrière guard. 2. Usually in form arrière-garde. A group of people holding cautious, conformist, or outdated opinions; conservatives or traditionalists, esp. in the arts, regarded collectively. Cf. rearguard n.¹ 2.Often contrasted with avant-garde. ΚΠ 1952 D. Hoffman Paul Bunyan iv. 116 Paul Bunyan emerges..as a symbol dramatizing the ideals of the arrière guard in industrial management. 1962 Punch 16 May 770/2 Mr. Glong seems to miss in Victorian buildings..all that holds such fascination today for the architectural arrière garde. 1989 Mod. Painters Autumn 120/2 Moffitt's methods, arguments, and conclusions, being equally novel and provocative, will doubtless give equal offence to the ‘avant-gardist’ arrière-garde. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 13/1 The musical avant-garde of the twentieth century now looks like an arrière-garde, trying vainly to hold back the tide. B. adj. Usually in form arrière-garde. In the arts: representative of the arrière-garde, conservative, reactionary; conventional, traditional.Often contrasted with avant-garde. ΚΠ 1944 Washington Post 7 Aug. 8/7 I am not sure whether this stuff is to be classified as avant-garde or arriere-garde. 1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 June 729/2 Ernest Newman saw Debussy as having become rather arrière-garde. 2014 M. R. Shirazi Towards Artic. Phenomenol. Interpr. Archit. iii. 86 Because of the problematic of the avant-garde in architecture, Frampton promotes instead an arrière-garde position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1489
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