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vanguard

[ van-gahrd ]

noun

  1. the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
  2. the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.
  3. the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.
  4. (initial capital letter) Rocketry. a U.S. three-stage, satellite-launching rocket, the first two stages powered by liquid-propellant engines and the third by a solid-propellant engine.


vanguard

/ ˈvænˌɡɑːd /

noun

  1. the leading division or units of a military force
  2. the leading position in any movement or field, or the people who occupy such a position

    the vanguard of modern literature



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Word History and Origins

Origin of vanguard1

First recorded in 1480–90; earlier van(d)gard(e), from Middle French avangarde, variant of avant-garde; avaunt, guard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vanguard1

C15: from Old French avant-garde, from avant- fore- + garde guard

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Example Sentences

Stasio was just one member of a vast hacking enterprise, the vanguard of a new cyber war.

He was on the vanguard of domestic policy and created a tremendous amount of legislation that we enjoy today.

When the Stalwart vanguard reached the perimeter, their ranks broke in confusion.

In Western political terms, we might think of them as a Leninist vanguard.

At the vanguard of the protests has been the galvanizing effect of social media.

And if society—the world of mere fashion—has broadened, how much more should be expected of us, who are the vanguard of our sex?

For, filing out of the gates and spreading out across the valley was the vanguard of an army.

The town itself was menaced by the Tartar vanguard; and two days before the authorities had been obliged to retreat to Tobolsk.

On the evening of the 23d the "Vanguard" sailed, and after a most tempestuous passage reached Palermo on the 26th.

This ship had been designated originally for Nelson's flag, and he shifted to her from the "Vanguard" on the 8th.

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