Crossword-Solution: REARGUARD
We have 11 clues for the answer “REARGUARD”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Back-up force | 1 answer |
| Defenders of a retreat. | 1 answer |
| Detachment behind a military force | 1 answer |
| Following force | 1 answer |
| Like some military actions | 1 answer |
| Military detachment in the back | 1 answer |
| Troops protecting back of military formation | 1 answer |
| Military detachment | 3 answers |
| MILITARY force | 11 answers |
| BACK end | 23 answers |
| Military unit | 38 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RATEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with REARGUARD (5)
From time to time, the two foremost members of the expedition changed places in the order of march; but the rearguard never altered his position.
Behind the police rearguard, at a respectful distance, was an orderly but vociferous mob, several blocks in length, that congested the street from sidewalk to sidewalk.
The doctor and me were the rearguard: not being able, on account of my age and his fatness, to walk so fast as the quick-step of the corps.
Suddenly, on the crest of the boulevard, Flavy threw up his arm and gave one cry-- "Xaintrailles!" Then he roared to draw up portcullis and open gates; the men-at-arms charged forth, the multitude trampled over each other to be first in field, I was swept on and along with them through the gate, and over the drawbridge, like a straw on a wave, and, lo! a little on our left was the banner of Pothon de Xaintrailles, his foremost men dismounting, the rearguard just riding out from the forest.
Lastly, on a retreat, as rearguard, to be used in defending the principal natural obstacles of ground.
Quotes with REARGUARD (1)
The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1958–2005).