vaward

[vah-wawrd, vou-awrd]

noun Archaic.

vanguard.

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

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Historical Examples of vaward

There must have been a gap between the king's division in the centre and the vaward, or right, for this to be possible.
Battles of English History
H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Of their Vaward they made a forelorne reckoning, and the like did the Vaward of them.
The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First
John Hayward