hind1 (ha?nd) adj. situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal. [1300?50; Middle English hinde; compare Old English hindan (adv.) from behind, at the back, c. Old High German hintana, Gothic hindana; compare behind, hinder2] syn: See back1. hind2 (ha?nd) n., pl. hinds, (esp. collectively) hind. 1. the female of the European red deer in and after the third year. 2. any of various groupers of the genus Epinephelus, of warm Atlantic seas, as the orange-speckled E. adscensionis (rock hind). [before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Middle Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta] hind3 (ha?nd) n. 1. a peasant; rustic. 2. Chiefly Scot. a farm laborer. [before 1000; alter. of Middle English hine (pl.) servants, Old English (Anglian) h?ne,h?(g)na, genitive of h?gan (West Saxon h?wan) members of a household; compare hide3] Hind. 1. Hindu. 2. Hindustan. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.