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单词 vanward
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vanwardn.

Forms: In Middle English van-, 1500s vawnewarde.
Etymology: Reduced form of vantward n.: compare vanguard n. See also vaward n.
Obsolete.
= vantward n.In reprints of 16th cent. works vanward is sometimes substituted for vauward vaward n., and the latter is perhaps the correct reading of the MS. in quot. 1476.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front
forerunnerseOE
vantward1297
formerward13..
forme-ward13..
vamward1338
fronta1375
pointa1382
frontier?a1400
vawarda1400
forayc1425
avantwardc1440
avant-garde1470
vanward1476
vantguard1485
vanguard1487
foreward1490
forefront1513
foremen1577
forefight?1611
vaunta1616
van1633
first line1663
front line1677
firing line1859
1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 494 Þe Swechys..hathe slayne the most parte off hys vamwarde.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxi. f. cvv He than sette forthe his waye and commaundynge his vawnewarde to kepe their Iourney towarde Paris.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

vanwardadj.

Etymology: < van n.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvanward.
Situated, having place or position, in the van or front.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective]
furtherc1000
foremostc1275
formerc1384
farther1398
fornec1440
fore?a1513
forme1523
anterior1611
first1647
head1691
vanward1820
leading1825
forwardmost1834
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 147 As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice.
1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. May 558/1 Its vanward and its rearward man.
1877 C. Patmore Unknown Eros ix. 41 Until the vanward billows feel The agitating shallows.
1896 Edinb. Rev. July 151 The horizon became darkened with the vanward clouds of evil days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

vanwardadv.

Etymology: formed as vanward adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvanward.
Towards or in the front; forward. Also with to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]
aforeOE
forneOE
beforeOE
aforewarda1200
afornonc1275
toforec1330
onwardc1385
bifornysc1420
forouth1487
ahead1568
afrontc1570
forwardly1578
anteriorly1598
foremostly1607
devant1609
forward1619
forward on1630
front-wise1774
vanward1827
out front1934
upfront1937
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction
beforeOE
forwarda1535
ahead1596
front-wise1774
vanward1827
frontward1865
1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies xlvi, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 24 Then next a merry Woodsman, clad in green, Stept vanward from his mates.
1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl ii Vanward the same kind of enclosures..shut in a grassy court.
1888 J. R. Lowell Heartsease & Rue 56 Whose brave example still to vanward shines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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