HINDS

Noun

hinds

plural of hind

Anagrams

• Dinhs, Sindh

Proper noun

Hinds (countable and uncountable, plural Hindses)

A surname.

A small town and river (the Hinds River) in south in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hinds is the 2375^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15337 individuals. Hinds is most common among White (62.39%) and Black/African American (29.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Dinhs, Sindh

Source: Wiktionary

HIND

Hind, n. Etym: [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

Hind, n. Etym: [OE. hine, AS. hine, hina, orig. gen. pl. of hiwan domestics; akin to Icel. hju man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.]

1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.

Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder; superl. Hindmost, or Hindermost (.] Etym: [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.]

Definition: In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition