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单词 vanguard
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vanguardn.

Brit. /ˈvanɡɑːd/, /ˈvaŋɡɑːd/, U.S. /ˈvænˌɡɑrd/
Forms: Also ScottishMiddle English vandgard, 1500s vandgarde, vandgaird; 1500s wangard(e, wanguard, wangaird, vangart, vangard(e, vangaird; 1500s vawegard.
Etymology: < Old French avangarde, variant of avantgarde : see vantguard n. Compare Italian vanguardia, Spanish vanguardia, Portuguese vanguarda.The form vawegard is after vaward n.
1.
a. Military. The foremost division of an army; the forefront or van.The Scottish examples are placed first.
ΘΚΠ
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
(a)
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 164 Till renownyt Erllis twa..He gaf the vandgard in ledyng.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 210 Alsus..ruschis abak for feir..In the vangart [1553 vandgarde] throw mony a poyntit glave.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 224 This gude schir Loth the wangard led that da.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 270 The wandgaird was neir mearchant togither.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 313 He..obteynet the name and honour of Capitane of the kingis Vangaird.
(b)1503 Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 208 The Souchyvars whiche [were] appoyncted to kepe my vanguarde avaunced tha[ym for]wardes without my knowlege.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvjv The vawegard was conducted by the erle of Warwycke.1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 63 Let the Officer of the Vanguarde draw out three rankes of the armed pikes.1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iv. viii. 151 As soone as the head or Vanguard beginneth, that in the same time the Reare bee ready to follow.1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 389 Villars, the Commander of the Van-Guard.., being circumvented, and taken by Fontains Army.1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 5 The landgraves vanguard pursued their rear.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Every Army is compos'd of three Parts, a Van-guard, Rear-guard, and Main Body.1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3423 Van Guard. See Advanced Guard.1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. i. 167 Winding along the steeps of the mountain were seen the gleaming spears and pennants of the Moslem vanguard.1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 38 As when the vanguard of the Roman legions First saw it from the top of yonder hill!1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics vi. 76 The advanced party, which may be conveniently termed the Vanguard, is composed of cavalry and infantry.
b. In figurative use. Cf. avant-garde n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > innovative or innovated > avant-garde
vantguard1605
neodox1897
vanguard1958
futurological1970
edgy1976
1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 586/2 At length..Germany and Weissnichtwo were, where they should be, in the vanguard of the world.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ii. 116 Palestine..was then the vanguard of the eastern, and therefore, of the civilised world.
1878 G. F. Maclear Celts i. 12 They were to form the vanguard in the Missionary history of Europe.
attributive.1888 Cent. Mag. 36 657 All day his vanguard spirit, flaming bright, Bore up the brunt of unavailing fight.1958 Times 9 Sept. 5/1 But it was not the pretentious nonsense that so often passes for ‘vanguard’ culture.1977 Guardian Weekly 16 Oct. 19/3 One prominent vanguard dealer in London..had only sold one single work so far this year.1980 Listener 13 Nov. 648/3 Today, vanguard art seems to have lost its ‘political’ role.
c. In Communism, the elite party cadre which, according to Lenin, would be used to organize the masses as a revolutionary force and to give effect to communist planning.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > Communist Party > small group > elite
vanguard1928
1928 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. J. Stalin Leninism I. 95 As far back as 1902, foreseeing the special role of our Party, he [sc. Lenin] thought it necessary to point out that: Only a party guided by an advanced theory can act as vanguard in the fight.
1941 tr. V. Lenin One Step Forward 85 The stronger our Party organizations..the richer..will be the influence of the Party on the elements of the working class masses..guided by it. After all, the Party, as the vanguard of the working class, must not be confused with the entire class.
1952 P. Selznick Organizational Weapon 10 Only the vanguard is exposed to a full statement of communist aims and methods.
1973 C. D. Kernig Marxism, Communism & Western Society VIII. 270/1 The vanguard proves itself both in and after the victorious proletarian revolution by taking over the leadership in all spheres of life.
d. (With capital initial.) The name of a political party in Northern Ireland, representing a secession from Ulster Unionism. Frequently attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > parties
alliance1703
Sinn Fein1905
S.F.1922
Fianna Fáil1927
Fine Gael1933
Alliance Party1970
S.D.L.P.1970
vanguard1972
U.P.N.I.1975
1972 Times 14 Feb. 2/4 A crowd of 1,500 attended a rally called by Mr William Craig, MP for Larne, who has founded what he calls the Vanguard Movement.
1972 Times 13 Mar. 1/4 When it began three months ago, Vanguard was described by one Government minister as a ‘comic opera’.
1973 Times 31 Mar. 1/2 Mr William Craig…chose the steps of Stormont to announce the formation of the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party.
1975 Butler & Sloman Brit. Polit. Facts 1900–79 (ed. 4) xvi. 354 On June 28, 1973 the..Assembly was elected; its composition was 22 Ulster Unionist..15 Loyalist Coalition (7 Vanguard..8 Democratic Unionist), [etc.].
1982 M. Wallace Brit. Govt. in Northern Ireland vii. 133 The Vanguard Unionists had decided in November 1977 to return to the official Unionist Party, while remaining a ‘movement’.
2. elliptical. The name of a variety of peach.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach
presse1604
avant-peach1611
man peach1629
nutmeg1629
Roman peach1629
muscat1664
Rambouillet1664
winter peach1664
rumbullion1670
Orleans1674
pavie1675
Magdalenea1678
minion1691
admirable1693
maudlin1699
clingstone1705
nipple peach1719
rareripe1722
melter1766
vanguard1786
freestone1807
cling1845
lemon cling1848
peregrine1903
doughnut peach1993
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 14 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Peaches... Vanguard.
1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees iii. 28 To the fore-going may be added,..Smooth-leaved Royal George..Steward's late Gallande..Vanguard.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 147 Vanguard.—This is a variety of Noblesse... The only apparent distinction is in the habit of the trees, which in Vanguard is much more robust and hardy than in the Noblesse.

Derivatives

ˈvanguardism n. the quality of being in the vanguard of a political, cultural, or artistic movement (cf. avant-gardism n. at avant-garde n. Derivatives).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism
innovation1553
innovating1591
cutting edge1851
avant-gardism1950
vanguardism1952
innovativeness1962
gee-whizzery1971
1952 P. Selznick Organizational Weapon ii. 91 (heading) Vanguardism in semicolonial areas.
1971 New Yorker 16 Oct. 148/2 The integration of art and non-art is the essence of twentieth-century vanguardism in art.
1976 New Yorker 12 Jan. 22/1 Just being there must make the average armchair nihilist want to argue with his fellow-man over the merits of anarcho-syndicalism, vanguardism, and radical conformism.
1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 465 (heading) From vanguardism to fascism.
ˈvanguardist n. a person in the vanguard of a political, cultural, or artistic movement; also attributive or as adj.; (cf. avant-gardist n. at avant-garde n. Derivatives).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism > innovator or avant-gardist
novelist1593
innovator1598
novateur1600
novator1600
noveller1604
novist1660
setter-up1713
innovationist1800
vanguardist1934
avant-gardist1940
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vanguardist.
1964 Spectator 15 May 664/1 It is not true that this complex personality comes out of the same box as Rauschenberg. That vanguardist exclaims, ‘Hell, what a marvellous universe.’
1976 Spare Rib Nov. 21/1 After wading through some vanguardist rhetoric, and an informal discussion..things became even more complicated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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