Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (vanguard). Doublet of vanguard.
Noun
avant-garde (plural avant-gardes)
- Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
Adjective
avant-garde (comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde)
- Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
- It was a very avant-garde production.
Derived terms
- avant-gardism
- avant-gardist
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