advance-guard
11advance guard — noun a) a unit or units leading the way of advancing or marching troops, guarding them from ambushes, reconnoitering and pursuing the enemy, etc. b) an individual soldier in the same role. Syn: avant guard, vanguard …
12advance guard — ad,vance guard noun count a small group of people, especially soldiers, that is sent to a place before other people to start the work that needs to be done there …
13advance guard — body of troops sent ahead of the others to provide protection …
14advance guard — noun a body of soldiers preceding and making preparations for the main body of an army …
15advance-guard — n. Vanguard, van …
16Advance — Ad*vance , a. Before in place, or beforehand in time; used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a… …
17advance — 1. advance, advanced. The meanings are different, advance being a noun used attributively or as a modifier to mean ‘placed in advance; going before’, as in advance copy, advance guard, advance payment, etc., whereas advanced means ‘far on in… …
18advance — [ad vans′, ədvans′] vt. advanced, advancing [ME avancen < OFr avancer, to forward < VL * abantiare < L ab , from + ante, before: sp. ad by assoc. with L ad, to, forward] 1. to bring forward; move forward [to advance a chessman] 2. to… …
19advance — I. verb (advanced; advancing) Etymology: Middle English advauncen, from Anglo French avancer, from Vulgar Latin *abantiare, from Late Latin abante in front, from Latin ab + ante before more at ante Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to… …
20guard — Synonyms and related words: Coldstream Guards, Foot Guards, Grenadier Guards, Life Guards, Scots Guards, accompany, advance guard, advocate, aegis, amateur athlete, apologist, archer, arm, arm guard, armament, armed guard, armor, arrest, athlete …
