avant-garde /,aevon gd; yavan'gard/ n (F) vanguard of an army; (fig) radical leader(s) of any movement (in art, drama, literature, etc): (法)先鋒; 前鋒 ; (喻) (藝術(shù)，戲劇，文學(xué)等之)激進(jìn)派; 先驅(qū); 前衛(wèi)派： (attrib) (形容用法) ~ writers/artists. 前衛(wèi)派作家 (藝術(shù)家)。