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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vanguard \Van"guard`\, n. [For vantguard, avantguard, F.
     avant-garde; avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant,
     Ab-,{Ante-" rel="nofollow">Ab-,{Ante-, and Guard, and cf. Advance, Vamp, Van
     of an army, Vaward.] (Mil.)
     The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard;
     the van.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vanguard \Van"guard`\, n. [For vantguard, avantguard, F.
     avant-garde; avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant,
     Ab-,{Ante-" rel="nofollow">Ab-,{Ante-, and Guard, and cf. Advance, Vamp, Van
     of an army, Vaward.] (Mil.)
     The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard;
     the van.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  vanguard
       n 1: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: van]
       2: any creative group active in the innovation and application
          of new concepts and techniques in a given field
          (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, van, new
          wave]
       3: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position
          in any movement or field [syn: forefront, cutting edge]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 εμπροσθοφυλακή σε στρατιωτικές ή παρεμφερείς επιχειρήσεις
     2 πρωτοπορία, η ομάδα, το σύνολο όσων αποτελούν τους πρωτεργάτης,
  εκείνους που πρωτοστατώ με καινούργια πειραματικά σχήματα σε
  οποιονδήποτε τομέα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The leading#Adjective units at the front of an
  army or fleet#Noun.
     2 (lb en by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The leading#Adjective units at the front of an
  army or fleet#Noun.
     2 (lb en by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The leading#Adjective units at the front of an
  army or fleet#Noun.
     2 (lb en by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     n.
     1 (lb en military) The leading#Adjective units at the front of an
  army or fleet#Noun.
     2 (lb en by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or
  movement.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     Englanti n.
     etujoukot

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vanguard
     Engelska n.
     förtrupp, avantgarde

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  الطليعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vanguard //ˈvanˌɡɑːd// //ˈvænˌɡɑɹd// //ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd// 
  аванга́рд
  forefront of any group or movement

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  předvoj

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  Vorhut , Avantgarde  [veraltet]  [mil.]
     Synonym: van
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  vanguard //ˈvanˌɡɑːd// //ˈvænˌɡɑɹd// //ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd// 
  1. etujoukko, edelläkävijä, suunnannäyttäjä
  forefront of any group or movement
  2. etujoukko
  leading units of an army

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/ 
  1. सेनाग्र
        "A missile hit the vanguard"
  2. आन्दोलन~का~नेतृत्व~करने~वाला
        "Bhagat Singh was the vanguard of the movement"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  izvidnica

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  van-guard /vˈaŋɡˈɑːd/
  1. kocsikísérô
  2. árukihordó segéd

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  elsô csatasor

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  vanguard //ˈvanˌɡɑːd// //ˈvænˌɡɑɹd// //ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd// 
  前衛
  leading units of an army

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  vanguard //ˈvanˌɡɑːd// //ˈvænˌɡɑɹd// //ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd// 
  1. avantgarde, banebryter
  forefront of any group or movement
  2. fortropp
  leading units of an army

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  vanguard /ˈvængɑ:d/ 
    awangarda

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  vanguard //ˈvanˌɡɑːd// //ˈvænˌɡɑɹd// //ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd// 
  1. tät
  forefront of any group or movement
  2. förtrupp
  leading units of an army

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  vanguard /vˈaŋɡɑːd/
  1. (ask.) ileri kol, öncü kolu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "vanguard":
     advance guard, airhead, ancestor, announcer, antecedent,
     armed guard, avant-garde, bank guard, battle line, beachhead,
     bellwether, bridgehead, buccinator, bushwhacker, coast guard,
     cordon, cordon sanitaire, explorer, farthest outpost, first line,
     forebear, forefront, foregoer, forerunner, front, front line,
     front rank, front runner, front-runner, frontiersman, fugleman,
     garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, groundbreaker, guard,
     guarder, guardsman, guide, harbinger, herald, inlying picket,
     innovation, innovator, jailer, latest fad, latest fashion,
     latest wrinkle, lead runner, leader, line, messenger, new look,
     newfangled device, novelty, outguard, outpost, pathfinder, picket,
     pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, railhead,
     rear guard, scout, security guard, spearhead, stormy petrel,
     the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, trailblazer,
     trailbreaker, train guard, van, vaunt-courier, voortrekker,
     warder
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 前锋,先锋,先驱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 前锋,先锋,先驱

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