vaward

[ vah-wawrd, vou-awrd ]

/ ˈvɑˌwɔrd, ˈvaʊ ɔrd /

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noun Archaic.

vanguard.

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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 weardward

Words nearby vaward

vav, vavasor, vavasory, va-va-voom, Vavilov, vaward, vax, vaxxer, vb., V block, VC

How to use vaward in a sentence

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