hind adj : located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)]

1 any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

2 female red deer [also: hinder]

English

Pronunciation

• /haɪnd/
• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Etymology 1

Perhaps an abbreviation of Old English behindan ‘behind’.

Adjective

1. Located at the rear.

Derived terms

• hind leg

Etymology 2

Old English hind, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.

Noun

1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.

Etymology 3

Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa ‘servant, family member’, in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound).

Noun

1. A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

Estonian

Noun

hind

1. price

Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *hinthjo, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind

Noun

hind f

1. hind

A hind is a female red deer. The word may also refer to:

• Ceryneian Hind, a deer in Greek mythology
• Republic of India, or parts of India, in ancient times. (See also Hindustan, Etymology of India)
• The Indian subcontinent.
• Hindi, the most widely spoken language in India
• Hindu, follower of Hinduism
• The Mil Mi-24 helicopter, codenamed the "Hind" by NATO
• The Golden Hind, a ship captained by Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580
• Hind (crater), a lunar impact crater
• Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India
• Jai Hind, a patriotic salutation in India
• Hawker Hind, a Royal Air Force light-bomber of the inter-war years
• Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat, a national trade union confederation in India

Several notable people have the name Hind:

• Hind (singer), a Bahraini Pop Singer
• Hind bint Utbah, an Arabic woman who lived in the late 6th and early 7th centuries
• Hind Laroussi, a Dutch pop singer
• Arthur Hind (1856 - 1933)‎, an American industrialist and philatelist
• Arthur Charles Hind, an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
• Ella Cora Hind, a Canadian female journalist.
• Henry Youle Hind (1823–1908), Canadian geologist and explorer
• John Russell Hind (1823–1895), British astronomer.

See also

• Epinephelus, a genus of groupers sometimes referred to as hinds
• Hinds

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