Word Meanings - AVANT-GUARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

VANGUARD
The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van. (more info) avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard,
ADVANCING EDGE
The front edge of a supporting surface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.
ADVANCE
supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante before. The spelling 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres
ADVANCED
1. In the van or front. 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. 3. Far on in life or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne.
ADVANCIVE
Tending to advance.
ADVANCING SURFACE
The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr. with following surface, which is the rear surface.
ADVANCER
1. One who advances; a promoter. 2. A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.
ADVANCEMENT
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. 4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. Bacon. (more info) 1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance;
DISADVANCE
To draw back, or cause to draw back. Spenser.
READVANCE
To advance again.