Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The buttocks; the rear.
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- noun humorous
Bottom ,bum ,backside .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, behind, from Old French deriere, in back of, from Vulgar Latin *dē retrō : Latin dē, from, of; see de– + Latin retrō, back; see retro–.]
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From French derrière.
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