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}
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}
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}
],
"etymology_text": "rear + guard. Attested in The Song of Roland circa 1150 (rereguarde). Doublet of retrogarde.",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "achterhoede"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "jälkijoukko"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "arrière-garde"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Nachhut"
},
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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],
"word": "οπισθοφυλακή"
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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],
"word": "מְאַסֵּף"
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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],
"word": "arjergards"
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "whakatautopenga"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ariergarda"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"roman": "arʹjergárd",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "арьерга́рд"
},
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retaguardia"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "artçı"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "dümdar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "đạo quân hậu tập"
}
]
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"name": "Football (soccer)",
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"Ball games",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
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"Fundamental"
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC",
"text": "Mancini's side only showed enough ambition when it was too late and by then battle lines were drawn as James Collins and former City captain Richard Dunne fought a magnificent rearguard action at the heart of Villa's defence.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The defence, collectively the defenders."
],
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"links": [
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[
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],
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"(soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"soccer",
"sports"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaštita",
"sense": "soccer: defence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "защита"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
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"sense": "soccer: defence",
"word": "puolustus"
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rear guard"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rear-guard"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"The Song of Roland"
],
"word": "rearguard"
}
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"word": "vanguard"
}
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"English compound terms",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"en:Collectives"
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"sense": "rearmost part of a troop",
"word": "backstop"
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"word": "rearguard action"
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],
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"(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force."
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"politics",
"war"
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"ref": "2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC",
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"type": "quotation"
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"(soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders."
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"soccer",
"sports"
]
}
],
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}
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"word": "rear-guard"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
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],
"word": "ариергард"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rereguarda"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "achterhoede"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "jälkijoukko"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arrière-garde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nachhut"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "opisthofylakí",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "οπισθοφυλακή"
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{
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "οὐραγία"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "opisthophúlakes",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ὀπισθοφύλακες"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "measéf",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מְאַסֵּף"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arjergards"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaštitnica",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "заштитница"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "whakatautopenga"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "pūmanawa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "hiku"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "baktropp"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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"word": "ariergarda"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "straż tylna"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "arʹjergárd",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "арьерга́рд"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"tags": [
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"word": "retaguardia"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "artçı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "dümdar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the rearmost part of a force",
"word": "đạo quân hậu tập"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaštita",
"sense": "soccer: defence",
"tags": [
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"word": "защита"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "soccer: defence",
"word": "puolustus"
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],
"wikipedia": [
"The Song of Roland"
],
"word": "rearguard"
}
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