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Backside definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BACK'SIDE, n. [back and side.] The back part of anything; the part behind that which is presented to the face of a spectator. Exodus 3.
2. The hind part of an animal.
3. The yard, ground or place behind a house.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: rear, backside, back end] [ant: forepart, front, front end]
2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1500 buttocks — often used in plural

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. the buttocks.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Backside Back"side`, n. [Back, a. + side. ] The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal. Note: Backside (one word) was formerly used of the rear part or side of any thing or place, but in such senses is now two words.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(backsides) Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on. (INFORMAL) = bottom N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bak'sid': See BACK.