vaward

[ vah-wawrd, vou-awrd ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. vanguard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaward¹

1325–75; Middle English, variant of va ( u ) mwarde, vantward, aphetic for avantward < Anglo-French avantwarde, equivalent to avant ( avaunt ) + warde < Old English weard ward

Example Sentences

There must have been a gap between the king's division in the centre and the vaward, or right, for this to be possible.

From Project Gutenberg

Of their Vaward they made a forelorne reckoning, and the like did the Vaward of them.

From Project Gutenberg