arrière

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_Romania_, xxi (1892), pp. 50, 52.] [Footnote 1672: _Arrière, Englois coués, arrière!

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  1. Arrear or rear. [Now rarely used except in composition, as in arrière-bras, -fee, -fief, -pensée, etc. (See these words, below.) In arrière-ban, as shown, it is historically a different word.] An inferr'd arrière of such storms, such wrecks. W. Whitman, in Academy, Nov. 18, 1882. (N. E. D.)
  2. Volant en arrière in heraldry, said of a bird represented as flying upward and away from the spectator.

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  • C'est la compromission qui a fait que tout le monde, au début, a trouvé son compte dans les agissements de Andry Rajoelina, avant de s'effarer de ce train à grande vitesse sans frein ni marche arrière. marimaritra iraisana, it does not always mean consensus (which would be a good thing) but rather compromise. —  Global Voices Online
  • Bref, pour commenter la série du moment, la machine à remonter le temps n'a plus besoin d'être inventée ... il suffit d'aller se promener dans certains pays pour se retrouver quelques décennies en arrière ... —  doggdot.us
  • Original Fake sortira trois nouveaux jeans reprenant le Chomper design sur leur poche arrière: —  Guillotine
  • Ou juste de balancer votre tête d'avant en arrière. —  Absolut Noise
  • Anyone might have made the same remark with no _arrière pensée_ in their words. —  There was a King in Egypt
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  1. French, from Old French ariere, arere, later Middle English arere, modern English arrear. Arrière is thus the modern F. form of arrear, restored in English from the earlier form, or adopted afresh, in special phrases: see arrear and rear.
 

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