VAN Copy link • VANFront of an army, primum agmen (opposed to extremum agmen; or primi agminis cohortes; opposed to extremi agminis cohortes: on a march): frons (in battle): ☞ not antecursores or antecursores agminis in this sense; nor praecursores. To form the van with the cavalry, cum equitatu antecedere. A winnowing-fan, vannus, ventilabrum. A kind of vehicle; Vid: CARRIAGE.