a. Also leftermost. [f. LEFT a. + -MOST.] Situated furthest to the left.
1863. Kinglake, Crimea, II. 443. The Grenadiers … were making good use of that delicate bend in the formation of their leftmost company. Ibid. (1875), (1877), V. i. 269. The leftermost portion of them, under the direction of Serjeant O’Hara.
1894. O. O. Howard, in Voice (N. Y.), Sept. Mansfield … pushed out toward Lee’s leftmost troops.
