Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaward

/ˈvɔwɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vaward
IPA: /ˈvɔwɚd/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

adj

On or towards the front; vanward.

Example Sentences

"THenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the castel Tarabil with a grete hoost / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had / Thenne Nero had the vaward with the moost party of his peple / & merlyn cam to kyng lot of the yle of Orkeney"
"Then they were marched off to the railway station with the band in the vaward playing ‘Have you ever caught your ballocks in a rat trap?’"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vawarde, late form of vantwarde, aphetism of Anglo-Norman avantwarde, a variant of Old French avant-guarde. Doublet of avant-garde and vanguard.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: vawarde

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɔwɚd/
British English: /ˈvɔːwəd/

Inflected Forms

vawards (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce vaward?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɔwɚd/.
What does vaward mean?: The vanguard.
Where does vaward come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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