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VAN , an homonymous word, whose different meanings have no etymological connexion. In the most common sense " van " is merely an abbreviation of the Oriental word " caravan
conveyance
carriage
accommodation of the guard. In the sense of the front portion of an army or fleet
body
French avant (Lat. ab ante), in front, as in avant-garde, van-guard, the earliest form in which the word came into English
grain , for a bird's wing, and in mining
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