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   vanguard

   /ˈvanɡɑːd/

   noun

   • 1. a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas: "the experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard"
   • ▪ a position at the forefront of new developments or ideas: "the prototype was in the vanguard of technical development"
   • 2. the foremost part of an advancing army or naval force.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the foremost part of an army): shortening of Old French avan(t)garde, from avant ‘before’ + garde ‘guard’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vanguardism noun
   • 2. vanguardist noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • D

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