Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vanguard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vanguard \Van"guard`\, n. [For vantguard, avantguard, F.
avant-garde; avant before, fore + garde guard. See {Avant},
{Ab-},{Ante-}, and {Guard}, and cf. {Advance}, {Vamp}, {Van}
of an army, {Vaward}.] (Mil.)
The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard;
the van.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vanguard
n 1: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: {van}]
2: artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time [syn:
{avant garde}, {van}]
3: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position
in any movement or field [syn: {forefront}, {cutting edge}]
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