vanguard

Pronunciation:		'van`gârd
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field [n] the leading units moving at the head of an army [n] artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time

	Synonyms:	avant garde, cutting edge, forefront, van

	See Also:	army unit, art movement, artistic movement, perspective, position, view

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.