All 3 Uses of
vanguard
in
The Last Olympian
- At the north end of the reservoir, the enemy vanguard broke through the woods—a warrior in golden armor leading a battalion of Laistrygonian giants with huge bronze axes.†
Chpt 14 *
- Kronos's vanguard was in the lead: Ethan Nakamura, the dracaena queen in her green armor, and two Hyperboreans.†
Chpt 18
- A wall of force shimmered along the fissure line, separating Kronos's vanguard, my friends, and me from the bulk of the two armies.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(vanguard) the leading position in any movement or field
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, vanguard is used in a military context to specifically refer to units moving at the head of an army.