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 Definitions of Vanguard  [ˈvænˌgɑrd]  

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Definition of 'Vanguard' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vanguard
the front part of an advancing army.

2.  vanguard
the forefront in any field.

3.  vanguard
the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.

Etymology:  (1480–90; earlier van(d)gard(e) < MF avangarde, var. of avant-garde)

Definition of 'Vanguard' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vanguard, van
the leading units moving at the head of an army

2. (noun) avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

3. (noun) vanguard, forefront, cutting edge
the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
"the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"


Definition of 'Vanguard' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Vanguard
the troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van


Translation of 'Vanguard' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the part of an army going in front of the main body.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorhoede Arabic flag Arabic: طَليعَة الجَيْش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: воен. авангард
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vanguarda Czech flag Czech: předvoj German flag German: die Vorhut
Danish flag Danish: fortrop Greek flag Greek: εμπροσθοφυλακή Spanish flag Spanish: vanguardia
Estonian flag Estonian: eelvägi Farsi flag Farsi: پیش قراول Finnish flag Finnish: eturintama
French flag French: avant-garde Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֵיל חָלוּץ Hindi flag Hindi: सेनाग्र
Croatian flag Croatian: prethodnica Hungarian flag Hungarian: előőrs Indonesian flag Indonesian: regu pelopor
Icelandic flag Icelandic: framvarðarsveit Italian flag Italian: avanguardia Japanese flag Japanese: 前衛
Korean flag Korean: (군대의) 전초, 선봉 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: avangardas Latvian flag Latvian: avangards
Malay flag Malay: barisan hadapan Dutch flag Dutch: voorhoede Norwegian flag Norwegian: fortropp
Polish flag Polish: straż przednia Portuguese flag Portuguese: vanguarda Romanian flag Romanian: avangardă
Russian flag Russian: авангард Slovak flag Slovak: predvoj Slovenian flag Slovenian: predstraža
Serbian flag Serbian: izvidnica Swedish flag Swedish: förtrupp Thai flag Thai: ทหารกองหน้า
Turkish flag Turkish: ileri kol,öncü Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 前鋒部隊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: головний загін
Urdu flag Urdu: مقدمۃ الجیس، ہراول دستہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quân tiên phong Chinese flag Chinese: 先头部队

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'Vanguard' - Nearby Entries  

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