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arrière-garde

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[a-ryer-gard] / a ryɛrˈgard /

noun

French.

  1. rear guard.

  2. a group that is behind or out-of-date in any field, especially in one of the arts.

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A French writer expatiating in true Gallic style, calls Morocco the "arrière-garde en Afrique of Islamism," and "une de ses armées de réserve."

From Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. by Richardson, James

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