Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vanguardist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
van-guardist
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proponent of vanguardism.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vanguard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vanguardist From vanguard + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does vanguardist mean?
A proponent of vanguardism.
Where does vanguardist come from?
Etymology tree English vanguard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vanguardist From vanguard + -ist.

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