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A fitting work for a connector (40) and a counterpart connector (70) can be performed smoothly. The connector (40) includes a housing body (42) from which an electrical wire (100) connected to a terminal metal fitting (30) extends out from a rear face thereof; and a guide (43) arranged at a rear sid

A fitting work for a connector (40) and a counterpart connector (70) can be performed smoothly. The connector (40) includes a housing body (42) from which an electrical wire (100) connected to a terminal metal fitting (30) extends out from a rear face thereof; and a guide (43) arranged at a rear side of the housing body (42) and configured by having the electrical wire (100) arranged within a through portion (52) passing through in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction, the electrical wire (100) extending out in both directions through both end openings of the through portion (52). The electrical wire (100) extending out in both directions is configured of the electrical wire (100) configuring a main line (10) of a wire harness.

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1. A connector comprising: a housing body having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a front-rear direction, opposite first and second side walls extending between the front and rear ends and opposite top and bottom walls extending between the front and rear ends and between the first an

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A connector comprising: a housing body having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a front-rear direction, opposite first and second side walls extending between the front and rear ends and opposite top and bottom walls extending between the front and rear ends and between the first and second side walls, a terminal metal fitting being housed in the housing body and from which an electrical wire connected to the terminal metal fitting extends out from the rear end thereof; anda guide arranged at the rear end of the housing body and having at least one through portion passing through the guide in a direction intersecting the front-rear direction,electrical wires of a main line being arranged in the through portion so as to penetrate the through portion coaxially in the direction intersecting the front-rear direction and extending out in both directions through both end openings of the through portion, whereinthe guide includes a base fixed to a rear end of the upper wall of the housing body and projecting rearward from the housing body and projecting laterally beyond at least one of the side walls of the housing body, and arms fixed to a rear end of the base and projecting down at positions spaced laterally out from the side walls of the housing body,the through portion is defined by a rear face of the housing body, a lower face of the base, and front faces of the arms. 2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the guide is provided with hooking portions projecting forward from ends of the arms remote from the base for hooking the electrical wire and holding it within the through portion. 3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein an operating opening for passing the electrical wire in the through portion is provided between the housing body and the guide, and the operating opening is closed by a cover after the electrical wire is passed in the through portion. 4. A connector, comprising: a housing body in which a terminal metal fitting is housed and from which an electrical wire connected to the terminal metal fitting extends out from a rear face thereof; anda guide arranged at a rear side of the housing body and configured by having the electrical wire arranged within at least one through portion passing through in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction, the electrical wire extending out in both directions through both end openings of the through portion,wherein electrical wires of a main line are configured to be arranged in the through portion so as to penetrate coaxially in the direction intersecting the front-rear direction, the guide includes a base fixed to a rear end upper edge of the housing body and projecting rearward, and an arm fixed to a rear end of the base and projecting downward, the through portion is defined by a rear face of the housing body, the base, and the arm, andthe arm is configured to project downward from both ends of the rear end of the base in a width direction by forming a pair, and both the arms in their rear face view do not have a portion overlapping with the housing body in the width direction,wherein, an operating opening for passing the electrical wire in the through portion is provided between the housing body and the guide, and the operating opening is closed by a cover after the electrical wire is passed in the through portion, andwherein the at least one through portion includes first and second through portions, the first through portion having a space capable of routing the electrical wire extending out from the rear face of the housing body, and the second through portion having a space capable of routing another electrical wire that is not from the housing. 5. The connector according to claim 4, further comprising a partitioning portion between the first and second through portions and partitioning the space capable of routing the electrical wire from the housing and the space capable of routing the electrical wire that is not from the housing. 6. A wire harness comprising: a main line including a plurality of electrical wires extending in an extending direction andconnectors spaced from each other in the extending direction and bring aligned at positions capable of facing corresponding counterpart connectors, each of the connectors housing a terminal metal fitting connected to an end of an electrical wire that branches forward in a front-rear direction intersecting an extending direction of the main line,wherein each of the connectors includes:a housing body having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a front-rear direction that intersects the extending direction, opposite first and second side walls extending between the front and rear ends and opposite top and bottom walls extending between the front and rear ends and between the first and second side walls, the terminal metal fitting being housed in the housing body and from which the branching electrical wire extends out from the rear end thereof; anda guide arranged at the rear end of the housing body and including a through portion through which the electrical wires of the main line pass,wherein the electrical wires of the main line are arranged in the through portion so as to penetrate coaxially in the extending direction,the guide includes a base fixed to a rear end of the upper wall of the housing body and projecting rearward from the housing body and projecting laterally beyond at least one of the side walls of the housing body, and two arms fixed to a rear end of the base and projecting down at positions spaced laterally out from the side walls of the housing body,the through portion is defined by a rear face of the housing body, a lower face of the base, and front faces of the arms, andan aligning member penetrating the through portions of the respective connectors and arranged along the extending direction. 7. The wire harness according to claim 6, wherein the branching electrical wire also is arranged in the through portion of the guide. 8. The wire harness according to claim 6, wherein the aligning member comprises the electrical wires that are passed through the through portions, and the electrical wires have rigidity that maintains straightness.