Anagrams of: VANGUARD

• the leading units moving at the head of an army

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

• small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit

• small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit

• tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies

• any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes

• (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)

• a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea

• To take; undertake for.

• (as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

• A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• of or befitting a lord

• ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• large and impressive in physical size or extent

• the most important and magnificent in adornment

• used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

• a person who keeps watch over something or someone

• the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage

• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

• a military unit serving to protect some place or person

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• the duty of serving as a sentry

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles

• a position on a basketball team

• to keep watch over

• watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

• protect against a challenge or attack

• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

• A form of address, usually to an unknown male or a superior. An informal form of sir.

• a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities