Vanguard, noun.
/ˈvanɡɑːd/
Definition: A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.
Examples:
1. The experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard.
2. It must regain its original role as the vanguard of the working class in its struggle for true emancipation.
3. Alpine is a small but rapidly growing town in the foothills near the edge of the Cleveland National Forest, a vanguard settlement of one of San Diego's many suburban tendrils.
4. They are the vanguard of a social revolution and will have a huge influence on the shape of society in the next two decades.
5. Student activists abandoned conservative blue collar politics and proclaimed themselves the vanguard of social change.
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