• (GA) IPA: /ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/
• (British) IPA: /ˈvanˌɡɑːd/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd/

vanguard (plural vanguards)

1. (military) The leading#Adjective|leading units at the front of an army or fleet#Noun|fleet.

   Synonyms: advance guard, avant-garde

   Antonyms: rearguard

   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628 ↗, page 35 ↗:

     They ſay, that the King diuided his Armie into three Battailes; whereof the Vant-guard onely well ſtrengthened with wings, came to fight.

2. (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

   Synonyms: avant-garde

• avant-garde

• French: avant-garde
• German: Vorhut
• Italian: avanguardia
• Portuguese: vanguarda, anteguarda
• Russian: аванга́рд
• Spanish: vanguardia

• French: avant-garde
• German: Avantgarde, Spitze
• Portuguese: vanguarda
• Russian: аванга́рд
• Spanish: vanguardia