vaward

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vaward

/ˈvɔːwəd/ UK
/ˈvɔwɚd/ US
/ˈvɑwɚd/ US

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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.

noun vawards

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

adjective

not comparable On or towards the front; vanward.

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"vaward." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vaward.

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@misc{vaward_2026,
  title = {vaward},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vaward},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}