Vanguard | Mean of vanguard in English Dictionary

/ˈvænˌgɑɚd/

• Noun
• the group of people who are the leaders of an action or movement in society, politics, art, etc.
1. a member of the feminist vanguard
2. They are at the vanguard of a revolution in medical research. [=they are leading a revolution in medical research]
3. She was in the vanguard of the feminist movement in the early seventies.
• the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward