See Also: vanguard(dictionary)
Vanguard(encyclopedia)
vanguard(dictionary)
Vanguard Airlines(tourism)
Allen-Vanguard Corp.(finance)
Vanguard Airlines code(tourism)
Vanguard Airlines flights(tourism)

vanguard (iou)



vanguard noun. ['vang¨»:d] Also vantguard. LME.
[Aphet. from Old & mod. French avant-garde, avangarde, from avant before + garde GUARD noun. Cf. AVANT-GARDE, VAN noun2.]
I.
Military. The foremost division of an army or fleet. Cf. VAN noun2 1b. LME.
(Those at) the forefront of political, cultural, or artistic development; the leaders of a movement, opinion, etc. M19.
The elite party cadre which, according to Lenin, would be used to organize the masses as a revolutionary force and to give effect to Communist planning. E20.
II.
A variety of peach. L18.
vanguardism noun the quality of being in the vanguard of a political, cultural, or artistic movement M20.
vanguardist noun a person in the vanguard of a political, cultural, or artistic movement M20.