achter
adjective
ach·ter
variants or agter
ˈäḵ-tər
Africa
: rear, hindmost —often used in combination
achter-oxen
Word History
Etymology
obsolete Afrikaans achter- (as in achterveld interior, backcountry—now agter, agterveld), from achter, adverb, behind, after; akin to Old English æfter
First Known Use
1880, in the meaning defined above