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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

advance guard en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A unit or units leading the way of advancing or marching troops, guarding them from ambushes, reconnoitering and pursuing the enemy, etc.
  2. An individual soldier in the same role.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
advance guards Number=Plur lexicographic
advanced guard alternative lexicographic
advance-guard alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

avant-guard · vanguard

Translations (10)

fr avant-garde (leading unit of an army) · nl voorhoede (leading unit of an army) · de Vorhut (leading unit of an army) · ru аванга́рд (leading unit of an army) · mk претхо́дница (leading unit of an army) · crh avangard (leading unit of an army) · fi etujoukot (leading unit of an army) · pt guarda avançada (leading unit of an army) · grc πρόφυλαξ (an individual soldier in the same role) · grc πρόφυλαξ (leading unit of an army)