ad|vance´-guard´

ad|vance´-guard´
1. a) a body of troops sent or stationed ahead of others, as for protection or reconnaissance. b) Figurative: »

Today's 20 nuclear electric plants are only the advance guard of a much larger host to come (New York Times).

2. = avant-garde: (Cf.avant-garde) »

It looks like the first really promising development in youthful, advance guard, or experimental writing in a long time (Newsweek).

ad|vance´-guard´, adjective.

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