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vanguard - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'vanguard' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vanguard [ n.]
- The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.

Meaning of 'vanguard' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vanguard [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
Example in sentence:
  • 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