vaward

American  

[vah-wawrd, vou-awrd] / ˈvɑˌwɔrd, ˈvaʊ ɔrd /

noun

Archaic.

1. vanguard.

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Etymology

Origin of vaward

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

It is true that in other places he represents himself as old, and again in another states that he and his accomplices in the Gadshill robbery are in the vaward of their youth.

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine

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

The Duke of York so dread The eager vaward led; With the main Henry sped, Amongst his henchmen.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

The Duke of York so dread, The eager vaward led; With the main Henry sped Amongst his henchmen.

From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell

Then did the ample marge And circuit of thy targe Sullenly redden all the vaward fight, Above the blusterous clash Wheeled thy swung falchion's flash And hewed their forces into splintered flight.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis