† vamwardn.
Obsolete. rare.
The vanguard of a host or army.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front
forerunnerseOE
vantward1297
formerward13..
forme-ward13..
vamward1338
fronta1375
pointa1382
frontier?a1400
vawarda1400
forayc1425
avantwardc1440
avant-garde1470
vanward1476
vantguard1485
vanguard1487
foreward1490
forefront1513
foremen1577
forefight?1611
vaunta1616
van1633
first line1663
front line1677
firing line1859
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 188 He gaf him þe vamward.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 334 Þer vaumward was sone dight.
a1400 Coer de L. 4025 These rydden in the vawmewarde.
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