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REARGUARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rearguard" is a kind of...):
detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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