vaward
📖 Definitions
noun
The forefront; vanguard.
💬 Usage Examples
“In the movement towards this road, the Athenians who formed the left wing were naturally the vaward, and it was upon them that the trying duty would devolve of first crossing the bridge in the face of Persian cavalry.” J.B. Bury; A History of Greece; Macmillan; 1900. “Falstaff: You that are old consider not the capacities of us that are young ... we that are in the vaward of our youth.” William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1596-1599.