Usually means: Protection at the back end.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word rear guard:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. rear guard: Merriam-Webster
  2. rear-guard, rear guard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rear-guard, rear guard: Wordnik
  4. rear-guard: Wiktionary
  5. rear guard: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. rear guard: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Rear guard, rear-guard, rear guard: Dictionary.com
  8. rear-guard: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Rear Guard (video game), Rear guard, The Rear Guard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rear-guard: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. rear guard: FreeDictionary.org
  12. rear-guard, rear guard: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)



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