different between vanguard vs foreward

English

Etymology

Earlier forms included vandgard and (a)vantgard, derived from Old French avan(t)garde (“before guard”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væn????d/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?van????d/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?v?n????d/

Noun

vanguard (plural vanguards)

1. (military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

   Synonyms: advance guard, (obsolete) avant-garde

   Antonym: rearguard
2. (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

   Synonym: avant-garde

Related terms

• avant-garde

Translations

English

Etymology 1

fore +? -ward

Noun

foreward (plural forewards)

1. (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.

Etymology 2

Adverb

foreward

1. Misspelling of forward.

Anagrams

• farrowed, foredraw

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English foreward (“forward”), equivalent to fore +? -warde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo?r??ward/, /?fo?r??wa?rd/

Adjective

foreward

1. forward

Adverb

foreward

1. forward

Alternative forms

• forward

Descendants

• English: forward
• Scots: forrit

References

• “f?r(e-w??rd, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “f?r(e-w??rd, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English foreweard, foreward (“condition, bargain, agreement, contract, treaty, assurance”), equivalent to fore- +? ward (“ward, keeping”). Compare Dutch voorwaarde (“condition, terms, proviso, stipulation”).

Noun

foreward (plural forewards)

1. agreement, contract, treaty, bargain, covenant; terms of an agreement; pledge or promise
   • c. 1390, Piers Plowman:

     Pers, I plihte þe my trouþe To folfulle þe Foreward.

   • c. 1475, Wicliffe (attr.), An Apology for Lollard Doctrines:

     To tak or ?ef temporal þing for goostly þing of forþword or certeyn couenaunt, it is symonye.

Alternative forms

• forward, forwart, forewart, uorwerd, uorewerd

Descendants

• English: forward
• Scots: forward

References

• “f?r(e-w??rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• Mayhew & Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo.re?w?rd/, [?fo.re?w?r?d]

Etymology 1

Adjective

foreward

1. Alternative form of foreweard

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

foreward f (nominative plural forewarde)

1. Alternative form of foreweard

Declension