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CIDE DICTIONARY

arriere, n. [F. arrière. See Arrear.].

“That which is behind”; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. [1913 Webster]

Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.