Noun vanguard has 3 senses
- vanguard, van - the leading units moving at the head of an army
--1 is a kind of army unit
- avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave - any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
--2 is a kind of artistic movement, art movement
- vanguard, forefront, cutting edge - the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
--3 is a kind of position, view, perspective
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