Synonyms for advance guard


Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for advance guard Other synonyms for the word advance guard

Définition of advance guard

  • As in cutting edge : noun leading position
Example sentences :
  • He felt that such as these were the advance guard of all human enterprise.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • We've just received the first communique from the advance guard, sir.
  • Extract from : « Martian V.F.W. » by G.L. Vandenburg
  • It was the advance guard of the great army that had entered Togarog.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • Colonel Wilkinson, commanding the advance guard, ordered up the guns.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • The advance guard had suffered, but their fire had quelled that of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • The pioneer and airship divisions are placed with the advance guard.
  • Extract from : « Operations Upon the Sea » by Franz Edelsheim
  • It varies in strength from one-fourth to one-half of the advance guard.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • “They form the advance guard of our foes,” said the burgomaster.
  • Extract from : « The Lily of Leyden » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • There goes an advance guard of the foot, marching to the front of the horse.
  • Extract from : « Marcus: the Young Centurion » by George Manville Fenn
  • This is bad enough, but it is a mere skirmish—only the advance guard of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Six Months at the Cape » by R.M. Ballantyne
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