rearguard
pronunciation
How to pronounce rearguard in British English:
UK [ˈrɪəgɑ:d]
How to pronounce rearguard in American English:
US [ˈrɪrgɑrd]
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- Noun:
- a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The porters are fighting a rearguard action against change .
- 2. Instead it often seems lost in unseemly rearguard actions to preserve a fading status .
- 3. That will enlarge the gap between ins and outs , " vanguard " and " rearguard " .
- 4. And he will also have to fight a rearguard action to preserve some of the achievements of his first term .
- 5. But ministers said measures such as brazil 's tax on inflows can be little more than ad hoc defensive rearguard actions .