vanguard
/ˈvænˌɡɑrd/
noun
- The leading position or group in a movement, field, or activity; the forefront of progress or innovation.
- The company has been in the vanguard of renewable energy research for decades.
- These artists were the vanguard of a new style of painting in the early 20th century.
- As a vanguard of social change, the organization pushed for equal rights long before it was popular.
- The front part of an advancing army or military force; the soldiers who go ahead of the main group.
- The vanguard encountered enemy scouts just before dawn.
- The vanguard scouted the terrain ahead of the main army.
- General orders placed the most experienced troops in the vanguard.
adjective
- Being at the forefront of new developments or ideas; pioneering.
- She is a vanguard thinker in the field of artificial intelligence.
- The school's vanguard approach to teaching math has been copied by others.
- The vanguard technology in the new smartphone amazed everyone.