Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Hinderling Hind′er·ling (·lĭng), n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander. ‹ Hinderest Hindermost ›