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van•guard

Pronunciation: (van'gärd"), [key]
—n.
1. the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
2. the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.
3. the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.
4. (cap.) Rocketry.a U.S. three-stage, satellite-launching rocket, the first two stages powered by liquid-propellant engines and the third by a solid-propellant engine.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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