vaward
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vaward
1325–75; Middle English, variant of va ( u ) mwarde, vantward, aphetic for avantward < Anglo-French avantwarde, equivalent to avant ( see avaunt) + warde < Old English weard ward
Example Sentences
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It is true that in other places he represents himself as old, and again in another states that he and his accomplices in the Gadshill robbery are in the vaward of their youth.
From Obiter Dicta by Augustine Birrell
We that are in the vaward of our youth.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
Where's now their victor vaward wing, Where Huntly, and where Home?
From Marmion by Henry Morley
The Duke of Yorke soe dread The eager vaward led; With the maine Henry sped Amongst his hench men.
From The Battaile of Agincourt by Richard Garnett
The Duke of York so dread The eager vaward led; With the main Henry sped, Amongst his henchmen.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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