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Definition von rearguards im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- plural of rearguard
- rearguard
- The defence, collectively the defenders
- rearguard
- The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force
- rearguard
- 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
- rearguard
- 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
- rearguard
- a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body