Antonyms for vanguard

Grammar : Noun

Spell : van-gahrd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvænˌgɑrd

Definition of vanguard

Origin : mid-15c., vaunt garde, from Middle French avant-garde, from avant "in front" (see avant) + garde "guard" (see guard (n.)). Communist revolutionary sense is recorded from 1928.

noun forefront

Example sentences :

For a whole month the German vanguard remained on the lookout in the village.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

We are the pioneers, the vanguard, the riskers full of faith and hope.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Had we been forced to meet them vanguard to vanguard, on an equal footing, who could have been surprised?
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Shall the vanguard consist of men who are greediest of honour?
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

Yet what of that great oncoming horde of which we were but the vanguard?
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

I could not believe it to be the vanguard of Hunter's army, but what on earth could it be?
Extract from : « The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson » by Edward A. Moore

At Agincourt in 1415 he commanded the vanguard of the French army, and was taken prisoner.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

As for us, there were two good reasons why we, on the Vanguard, should not keep up the chase.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

The seamen came up with the vanguard when they found gold in Caribou.
Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss

The Persian vanguard, 15,000 strong, was defeated at Elizabethpol.
Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson

Synonyms for vanguard

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