Definition of derrière

< Derrida, Jacques

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der·ri·ère also der·ri·ere    (dr-âr) KEY 

NOUN:

The buttocks; the rear.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, behind, from Old French deriere, in back of, from Vulgar Latin *d retr : Latin d, from, of ; see de- + Latin retr, back ; see retro-