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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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
As I guess, Marcius, Their bands in the vaward are the Antiates, Of their best trust; o'er them Aufidius, Their very heart of hope.
From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
He, being in the vaward, plac'd behind With purpose to relieve and follow them, Cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
From King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
His army was arranged in four "battles," with Randolph to lead the vaward and watch against any attempt to throw cavalry into Stirling.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
Unbanner your bright locks,—advance Girl, their gilded puissance, I' the mystic vaward, and draw on After the lovely gonfalon Us to out-folly the excess Of your sweet foolhardiness; To adventure like intense Assault against Omnipotence!
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
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