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vanguard

[van-gahrd]

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noun

the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.
the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.
(initial capital letter)��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

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noun

the leading division or units of a military force
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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But delegates and party leaders largely argued that the state needs to continue to be on the vanguard of such matters.

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This wispy-bearded Texan is in the vanguard of a movement urging conservatives to relocate to Russia.

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The growing consensus is that the Democrats are marching out a vanguard of ancient party members to fight the war before the last war.

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There is also a renewed sense of purpose with Trump returning to the White House and California poised to emerge, once more, at the vanguard of the political opposition, with Newsom in the lead.

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For example, on Jan. 6 White Christian extremists were in the vanguard of the attack on the Capitol and attempt to end America’s multiracial pluralistic democracy.

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van Gogh vanguardism

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