From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvanguardvan‧guard /ˈvænɡɑːd $ -ɡɑːrd/ noun1 →in/at the vanguard (of something)2 →the vanguardExamples from the Corpusvanguard• Those individuals will form the critically important vanguard of a new workforce.• What it would put a stop to is the reactionarypolicy of subordinating the revolutionaryvanguard to the national bourgeoisie.• The party was portrayed as the vanguard of the proletariat.• The prototype was in the vanguard of technical development.• Tom wanted to mold the Parish-to-Parish Committee into the vanguard of a movement.• Slinger has been part of the vanguardtransforming hip-hop with ideas taken from a widevariety of sources, including straight experimentalism.• That the vanguard was so severely curtailedreveals the extent of the Soviet Union's conservatism, conformism and inferioritycomplex.From Longman Business Dictionaryvanguardvan‧guard /ˈvængɑːd-gɑːrd/ nounbe in/at the vanguard (of something) to be the most advanced or developed business, person etc in a particular area of workThe prototype was in the vanguard of technical development.Originvanguard(1400-1500)Old Frenchavangarde, from avant-garde; → AVANT-GARDE
