avantward

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• vaward — /vah wawrd , vow awrd/, n. Archaic. vanguard. [1325 75; ME, var. of VA(u)mwarde, vantward, aphetic for avantward < AF avantwarde, equiv. to avant (see AVAUNT) + warde < OE weard WARD] * * * …   Universalium

• va|ward — «VAY WAWRD», noun. Obsolete. vanguard: »We that are in the vaward of our youth (Shakespeare). ╂[variant of vanward < earlier vantward, short for avantward < Old North French, Old French avant garde; see etym. under vanguard (Cf. ↑vanguard)] …   Useful english dictionary