arrière-garde

[ a-ryer-gard ]

/ a ryɛrˈgard /

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rear guard.

a group that is behind or out-of-date in any field, especially in one of the arts.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
How a small London design group seized the moment and brought avant-garde art to classic rock.
The Golden Age of Rock Album Covers|Ted Gioia|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From the refined attire at Lincoln Center to the avant-garde dress downtown, we spotted many of the big 2014 trends.
New York Fashion Week's Style on the Streets|Sara Sayed|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She veers towards the avant-garde, using metal-powder deformed silicone piercings as textural embellishment and digital printers.
The New Queens of Haute Couture|Sarah Moroz|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Instead, you find your favorite objects displaced by a cacophony of contemporary works, often highly avant-garde and challenging.
A New Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum Puts a Modern Face on Chinese Art|Melik Kaylan|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The day before her trial, her advocate, Chauveau de la Garde, visited her to consult respecting her defense.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Keepe from me, garde thy life, Or as thou hast liud like a goate, thou shaltDye like a sheepe.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
This horrid purpose would have been executed had it not been for General La Garde, the commandant of the department.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
The popular term for the prison in which refractory members of the Garde Nationale were confined.
Vie de Bohme|Orlo Williams
I fancy she entertains an 'arriere' idea of proposing her flawless niece Gracey, Marchioness of Fencaster, to present you.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith