Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avantguard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avant-guard \A*vant"-guard`\ (?; [root]277), n. [F. avant before
+ E. guard, F. avant-garde. See {Avaunt}.]
The van or advanced body of an army. See {Vanguard}.
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