vanguard
- 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) Rocketry. 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.
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Contemporary Examples of vanguard
Stasio was just one member of a vast hacking enterprise, the vanguard of a new cyber war.
He was on the vanguard of domestic policy and created a tremendous amount of legislation that we enjoy today.
Bryan Cranston on Walter White’s Future, Directing ‘Better Call Saul,’ and Hillary 2016Marlow Stern
August 1, 2014
At the vanguard of the protests has been the galvanizing effect of social media.
At its peak, the group drew 100 members to its weekly meetings and was a vanguard for LGBT advocacy.
Miller has long been a regular contributor on anti-Semitic and white supremacist Internet forum Vanguard News Network (VNN).
Hate—and Hitler—in the Heartland: The Arrest of Frazier Glenn MillerJohn Avlon, Caitlin Dickson
April 14, 2014
Historical Examples of vanguard
For a whole month the German vanguard remained on the lookout in the village.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
We are the pioneers, the vanguard, the riskers full of faith and hope.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Had we been forced to meet them vanguard to vanguard, on an equal footing, who could have been surprised?
HellenicaXenophon
Shall the vanguard consist of men who are greediest of honour?
The MemorabiliaXenophon
Yet what of that great oncoming horde of which we were but the vanguard?
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
vanguard
- the leading division or units of a military force
- the leading position in any movement or field, or the people who occupy such a positionthe vanguard of modern literature