foreward
nounEtymology From fore + -ward.
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Obsolete An advance group; the vanguard.
- My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], lines 403-404: