vanguard
IPA: vˈængɑrd
noun
- (military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
- (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.
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Examples of "vanguard" in Sentences
- The fighter was placed in the vanguard.
- Here rests the vanguard of the Great Journey.
- Ling Tong was the leader of the vanguard army.
- Exemplar are the vanguard of the Cybrid elite.
- I'm at the vanguard of a change in the culinary landscape
- Biederman was in the vanguard of the BID movement in the United States.
- The Swiss advanced in three groups and the vanguard met the Burgundians.
- Carroll commanded the vanguard of the Union army at the Battle of Cross Keys.
- He was in the vanguard that moved photojournalism into the realm of fine art.
- He commanded the vanguard of the Army of the Danube under Jourdan in March 1799.