vanward

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Here, Hacon of Trant, that was wont to lead thy father's vanward, and here, Sir Brian of Hartismere, brother to Eric, called the Wry-neck.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

Till this hour St. George's standard Led the advancing march of time; England! keep it streaming vanward, Conqueror over age and clime!'

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

These were the persons,—the two extremities of exalted and forlorn humanity, its vanward and its rearward man, a Roman consul and an abject slave.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

A man should be only partially before his time: to be completely to the vanward in aspirations is fatal to fame.

From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas

On the whole, it was 2 in the afternoon before Hawke, with those vanward Eight, could get clutch of Conflans.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas