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vanguard Definition

van·guard (vangärd′)

noun

  1. the part of an army which goes ahead of the main body; the van
  2. the leading position or persons in a movement, field of endeavor, etc.

Etymology: ME vaunt garde < OFr avant-garde < avant, before (see avaunt) + garde (see guard)

vanguard Synonyms

vanguard

n.

advance guard, van, forerunners, precursors, leaders, spearhead, front, forefront, front line, front rank, avant-garde.

vanguard Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • proletariat: III The Communist Party is the vanguard of the proletariat.
  • revolution: The Houston Brewing Company in Renfrewshire is at the vanguard of the revolution in Scottish Brewing.
  • movement: Iraq in the inter-war era was in the vanguard of the movement toward Arab unity.
  • army: But for firearms to be effective the guns had to be at the vanguard of the army.
  • effort: The French have been in the vanguard of European efforts to develop observation satellites.
  • industry: The Executive's vision is to place Scotland in the vanguard of a new sustainable energy industry.

Possessives

  • worker: In his conception, this liberating social revolution requires for success the leadership of a revolutionary political party of the workers ' vanguard.

Converse of object

  • represent: At this Congress is represented the vanguard, ready for battle, of workers from all over the world.
  • lead: Richard III's opponent at Bosworth, Henry Tudor Battle commenced by Norfolk leading the royal vanguard down the hill to meet the enemy.
  • become: From 1915 onwards the Clydeside munitions workers had become the vanguard of working class resistance to the war effort.
  • form: Russia forms the vanguard of revolutionary action in Europe 2.

Adjective modifier

  • proletarian: The Soviet republic, like the world proletarian vanguard, will finally liberate itself from the bureaucratic octopus.
  • revolutionary: In the revolutionary vanguard, organized in a party, is crystallized the aspiration of the masses to obtain their freedom.
  • political: Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the contemporary avant-garde must substitute itself for the missing political vanguard.
  • international: The international proletarian vanguard will manage to get along without a congress.

Modifies a noun

  • party: In the hands of these ' leaders ' , the ' vanguard party ' is akin to a loaded gun.
  • total: Sites to increase of shopping for of time to vanguard total international.
  • role: In the foundation of the Bosnian state itself, Bosnian Serbs played the vanguard role.
  • group: More plausibly, however, sets of ambitious countries might set up several different vanguard groups to facilitate closer cooperation in particular policy areas.
  • art: Denis Bowen at 80 represents a living continuity with vanguard art in 20th century art.

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