"vanguard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/ [General-American], /ˈvanˌɡɑːd/ [UK], /ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vanguard.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vanguards [plural]
Rhymes: -ænɡɑː(ɹ)d Etymology: Earlier forms included vandgard and (a)vantgard, derived from Old French avan(t)garde (“before guard”). Doublet of avant-garde and vaward. Etymologically unrelated to van. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|avan(t)garde||before guard}} Old French avan(t)garde (“before guard”), {{doublet|en|avant-garde|vaward}} Doublet of avant-garde and vaward, {{m|en|van}} van Head templates: {{en-noun}} vanguard (plural vanguards)
  1. (military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: advance guard, avant-garde [obsolete] Translations (leading units of an army): طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), аванга́рд (avanhárd) [masculine] (Belarusian), аванга́рд (avangárd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), avantguarda [feminine] (Catalan), 先鋒 (Chinese Mandarin), 先锋 (xiānfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 先頭部隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 先头部队 (xiāntóu bùduì) (Chinese Mandarin), 尖兵 (jiānbīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 前衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 前卫 (qiánwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), avangard (Crimean Tatar), předvoj [masculine] (Czech), voorhoede (Dutch), etujoukot (Finnish), avant-garde [feminine] (French), dianteira [feminine] (Galician), vangarda [feminine] (Galician), ავანგარდი (avangardi) (Georgian), Vorhut [feminine] (German), εμπροσθοφυλακή (emprosthofylakí) [feminine] (Greek), urgharda [masculine] (Irish), avanguardia [feminine] (Italian), prima linea [feminine] (Italian), 前衛 (zen'ei) (alt: ぜんえい) (Japanese), 전위 (jeonwi) (Korean), avangards [masculine] (Latvian), priekšpulks [masculine] (Latvian), претхо́дница (prethódnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), аванга́рда (avangárda) [feminine] (Macedonian), пре́тстража (prétstraža) [feminine] (Macedonian), pīpī (Maori), fortropp [masculine] (Norwegian), یزک (yazak) (Persian), طلایه (talâye) (Persian), پیشگام (pišgâm) (Persian), پیشتاز (pištâz) (Persian), awangarda [feminine] (Polish), straż przednia (Polish), vanguarda [feminine] (Portuguese), anteguarda [feminine] (Portuguese), avangardă [feminine] (Romanian), antegardă [feminine, rare] (Romanian), аванга́рд (avangárd) [masculine] (Russian), toiseach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), predstraža [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), predvoj [masculine] (Slovak), vanguardia [feminine] (Spanish), förtrupp (Swedish), ānte (Tocharian B), аванга́рд (avanhárd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), אַוואַנגאַרד (avangard) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-vanguard-en-noun-wYa~jdWf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'leading units of an army': 89 11
  2. (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms: avant-garde Translations (forefront of any group or movement): طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), аванга́рд (avangárd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), avantguarda [feminine] (Catalan), 先鋒 (Chinese Mandarin), 先锋 (xiānfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 先驅 (Chinese Mandarin), 先驱 (xiānqū) (Chinese Mandarin), 前沿 (qiányán) (Chinese Mandarin), avangard (Crimean Tatar), předvoj [masculine] (Czech), avantgarda [feminine] (Czech), voorhoede (Dutch), etujoukko (Finnish), edelläkävijät (Finnish), suunnannäyttäjät (Finnish), avant-garde [feminine] (French), Avantgarde [feminine] (German), Spitze [feminine] (German), πρωτοπορία (protoporía) [feminine] (Greek), αβάν-γκαρντ (aván-gkarnt) (Greek), 선봉 (seonbong) (alt: 先鋒) (Korean), avangards [masculine] (Latvian), priekšpulks [masculine] (Latvian), аванга́рда (avangárda) [feminine] (Macedonian), hāpai (Maori), banebryter [masculine] (Norwegian), avantgarde [masculine] (Norwegian), پیشگام (pišgâm) (Persian), پیشتاز (pištâz) (Persian), vanguarda [feminine] (Portuguese), avangardă [feminine] (Romanian), аванга́рд (avangárd) [masculine] (Russian), toiseach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), predvoj [masculine] (Slovak), avantgarda [feminine] (Slovak), vanguardia [feminine] (Spanish), tät (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vanguard-en-noun-hVLBUC2j Disambiguation of Collectives: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'forefront of any group or movement': 7 93

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          "word": "یزک"
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "talâye",
          "sense": "leading units of an army",
          "word": "طلایه"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pišgâm",
          "sense": "leading units of an army",
          "word": "پیشگام"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pištâz",
          "sense": "leading units of an army",
          "word": "پیشتاز"
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          "sense": "leading units of an army",
          "word": "straż przednia"
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          "sense": "leading units of an army",
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          "sense": "leading units of an army",
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          "word": "toiseach"
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          "sense": "leading units of an army",
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          "roman": "avanhárd",
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          "ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
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          "ref": "2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 9]”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "[O]ne minute this \"Jihadi John\" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.",
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
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          "word": "طَلِيعَة"
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          "roman": "avangárd",
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "word": "前沿"
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Spitze"
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "word": "αβάν-γκαρντ"
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
          "word": "선봉"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "پیشتاز"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
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          "word": "toiseach"
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          "word": "predvoj"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "word": "avantgarda"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
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      "ipa": "/ˈvanˌɡɑːd/",
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "аванга́рд"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "avantguarda"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "先鋒"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "先頭部隊"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāntóu bùduì",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "先头部队"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānbīng",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "尖兵"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "前衛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánwèi",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "前卫"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "voorhoede"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "etujoukot"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avant-garde"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dianteira"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vangarda"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avangardi",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "ავანგარდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Vorhut"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "emprosthofylakí",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εμπροσθοφυλακή"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "urgharda"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
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      "alt": "ぜんえい",
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "前衛"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jeonwi",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "전위"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "word": "претхо́дница"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пре́тстража"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "pīpī"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
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      "word": "fortropp"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "یزک"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "talâye",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "طلایه"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "pišgâm",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "پیشگام"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "pištâz",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "پیشتاز"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "awangarda"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "straż przednia"
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      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vanguarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avangardă"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
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      "word": "antegardă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avangárd",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аванга́рд"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "predstraža"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predvoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vanguardia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "förtrupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "word": "ānte"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avanhárd",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аванга́рд"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avangard",
      "sense": "leading units of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַוואַנגאַרד"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭalīʕa",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طَلِيعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avangárd",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аванга́рд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avantguarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "先鋒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānfēng",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "先锋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "先驅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānqū",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "先驱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiányán",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "前沿"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "avangard"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předvoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avantgarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "voorhoede"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "etujoukko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "edelläkävijät"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "suunnannäyttäjät"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avant-garde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Avantgarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spitze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "protoporía",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρωτοπορία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aván-gkarnt",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "αβάν-γκαρντ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "先鋒",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seonbong",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "선봉"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avangards"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priekšpulks"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avangárda",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аванга́рда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "hāpai"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banebryter"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avantgarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pišgâm",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "پیشگام"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pištâz",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "پیشتاز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vanguarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avangardă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avangárd",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аванга́рд"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predvoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avantgarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vanguardia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forefront of any group or movement",
      "word": "tät"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vanguard"
}

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