a|vant-garde

a|vant-garde
a|vant-garde «A vahn GARD», noun, adjective.
–n.
a group of people, especially in the arts, who are ahead of all others in using or creating new ideas, methods, designs, or styles.
–adj.
of or having to do with an avant-garde.
[< French avant-garde (literally) advance guard. See etym. of doublet vanguard. (Cf.vanguard)]

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