rere
See also: rërë
English
Pronunciation
- (Hiberno-English) IPA(key): /ɾiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
Noun
rere (plural reres)
Quotations
- 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
- 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
- 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
- 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
- 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
- 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
- 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
- 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009
Derived terms
See also
References
- rere at Wordnik
Latin
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hrēr, hrēre, from hrēran (see reren (“to rile”)).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreːr(ə)/
References
- “rẹ̄re (adj.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)/
Adjective
rere
- (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
- (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.
References
- “rēre (adj.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Etymology 3
From Old English rǣran.
Etymology 4
From Old English hrēran.
Etymology 5
From Old French rer.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rere, from Latin rādere, present active infinitive of rādō.
Old French
Adverb
rere
- behind
- Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.
- Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea
- Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.
Derived terms
Verb
rere
- to shave
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Se fist par mi la barbe rere
- He shaved his beard
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Rapa Nui
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