hind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
  2. noun a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
  3. adjective satellite located at or near the back of an animal
    hinder; back.
    • back (or hind) legs
    • the hinder part of a carcass

WordNet

Hind noun
Etymology
AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. a young deer.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
  2. (Zoöl.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
Hind noun
Etymology
OE. hine, AS. hine, hina, orig. gen. pl. of hiwan domestics; akin to Icel. hj&umac; man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.
Definitions
  1. A domestic; a servant. Obs. Shak.
  2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. Eng.
    The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.
Hind adjective
Etymology
OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.
Wordforms
comparative Hinder ; superlative Hindmost or Hindermost
Definitions
  1. In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Webster 1913