Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Advanced

Advanced ({not transcribed}) , adjective

1.
In the van or front.
2.
In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
3.
Far on in life or time.
A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. — Hawthorne
Collocations (1)
Advanced guard , a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.