rearguard

rearguard

Noun

1. the troops who protect the rear of a military formation

2. rearguard action an effort to prevent or postpone something that is unavoidable

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rearguard - a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition

Translations

rearguard [ˈrɪəgɑːd] n → retaguardia

rearguard [ˈrɪəgɑːd] n → arrière-garde f

rearguard [ˈrɪəgɑːd] rear n (Mil) → Nachhut f;

to fight a rearguard action rear (fig); sich erbittert wehren

rearguard [ˈrɪəgɑːd] n → retroguardia