vanguard
/ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They ſay, that the King diuided his Armie into three Battailes; whereof the Vant-guard onely well ſtrengthened with wings, came to fight."
- "By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect."
- "[O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam."
- "The outsiders are looking more like insiders, the vanguard of a cultural and political shift that could be far more profound than in his first presidency."
Etymology
From Middle English vandgard, vaunte garde, vaunt garde, wantgard, from advaunte-garde, avauntgard with aphesis, from Old French avangarde, avant-garde, avantgarde, from avant (“before; in front”) + garde (“guard”). Doublet of avant-garde and vaward.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vandgard,vaunte garde,vaunt garde,wantgard, avangarde,avant-garde,avantgarde
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/
- British English: /ˈvanˌɡɑːd/