Category:Rereward

Rere"ward` (rr"wrd`), n. Etym: [see rearward.]

Defn: the rear quard of an army. [obs.]

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Rereward - (Joshua 6:9), the troops in the rear of an army on the march, the rear-guard. This word is a corruption of the French arriere-garde. During the wilderness march the tribe of Dan formed the rear-guard (Numbers 10:25; compare 1 Samuel 29:2; Isaiah 52:12; Isaiah 58:8).