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vaward

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈvɔːwəd/
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/ˈvɔːwəd/ · /ˈvɔwɚd/ · /ˈvɑwɚd/

Definition of vaward

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The vanguard.
    “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?’”
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noun

  1. The vanguard.
    “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?’”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)On or towards the front; vanward.

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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.

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