van (n.)
- airhead
- avant-garde
- beachhead
- boxcar
- bridgehead
- caboose
- car
- caravan
- carriage
- coach
- cordon
- diner
- dinghy
- dray
- flat
- flatcar
- forefront
- front
- front-runner
- garrison
- goalie
- goalkeeper
- goaltender
- gondola
- guard
- guardsman
- heading
- jailer
- leading
- line
- local
- outpost
- picket
- pioneer
- point
- precedence
- precursor
- priority
- railhead
- reefer
- roomette
- scout
- sleeper
- smoker
- spearhead
- stockcar
- tank
- tender
- truck
- vanguard
- waggon
- wagon
- wain
- warder
van (v.)
van (adj.)
But whether on the scaffold high
Or in the battle's van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man!