arrear-guard
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List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament … Wikipedia
rear — {{11}}rear (n.) hindmost part, c.1600, abstracted from rerewarde rear guard (c.1300), from Anglo Fr. rerewarde, O.Fr. rieregarde, from O.Fr. riere (from L. retro back, behind ) + O.Fr. garde (see GUARD (Cf. guard)). Or the word may be an aphetic… … Etymology dictionary
