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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Go, one of you, find out the forester, For now our observation is perform'd; And since we have the vaward of the day, My love shall hear the music of my hounds.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William
Where's now their victor vaward wing, Where Huntly, and where Home?
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
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 Garnett, Richard
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 Shakespeare, William
The Duke of York so dread The eager vaward led; With the main Henry sped Among his henchmen.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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