(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. / (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

Any of several passerine birds, of the family Vangidae, from Madagascar

plural of vanguard

A proponent of vanguardism.

plural of vanguardist

(politics) The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself at the centre of a revolutionary movement and steer it in a direction consistent with its ideology.

plural of vanga

(Caribbean) Sesamum indicum, the sesame plant.

plural of vangid

(Ornithology) Any bird in the family Vangidae.