vaward (n.) Old form(s): Vauward, vowarde
[military] vanguard, foremost division
1H6 I.i.132[Third Messenger to all, of Falstaff] He, being in the vaward ... / Cowardly fled
Cor I.vi.53[Cominius to Martius, of the Volsces] Their bands i'th' vaward are the Antiates
E3 III.iii.220[King Edward to Prince Edward] The leading of the vaward, Ned, is thine
H5 IV.iii.130[York to King Henry] I beg / The leading of the vaward
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