† deˈrere, adv. Obs.
[a. OF. deriere, now derrière, behind = Pr. dereire, It. dietro, drieto:—late pop. L. de-retro ‘from backwards’.]
Behind.
| c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 181 (Harl.) This seely clerkes ronnen vp and doun, Wiþ keep, keep, stand, stand, Iossa, ware derere, Ga wightly þou and I sal keep him heere. |