A‐vant″–guard′ (ȧ‐vänt″–gärd′; 277), n. [F. avant before + E. guard, F. avant-garde. See Avaunt.] The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.