arrière-garde

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Fransızca - İngilizce
{n} rearguard
The defence, collectively the defenders
The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force
In a battle, the rearguard is a group of soldiers who protect the back part of an army, especially when the army is leaving the battle
If someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action, they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed. Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job
a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body