Old Guard

noun

1. the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
2. (in the U.S.) the conservative element of any political party, especially the Republican Party.
3. (usually lowercase) the influential, established, more conservative members of any body, group, movement, etc.:

   the old guard of New York society.

Old Guard

¹

noun

1. the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804

old guard

²

noun

1. a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle
2. the conservative element in a political party or other group

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Guard¹

Translation of French Vieille Garde

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Guard¹

C19: from Old Guard

Example Sentences

In lieu of a traditional theater release, the buzzy 2020 Netflix action flick Old Guard still gave the platform the ability to boast about its high streaming numbers — even if the movie quickly vanished from the Netflix Top 10.

From Vox

News of an opening with Havana has enraged the old guard of Miami that has longed to see the Castro family brought down.

From The Daily Beast

All these talented chefs are graduating from these old-guard kitchens and branching out and the market is saturated.

From The Daily Beast

The old-guard journalists who dismiss her as a blogueuse have no idea how diligently Riahi trained herself as a journalist.

From The Daily Beast

The Constitutional Court is “absolutely part of the old guard trying to usurp power,” he tells The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

Its old guard pushed back Monday, and I felt a powerful jolt of deja vu: Didn't the Pentagon just run this experiment?

From The Daily Beast

It was in the garden of the Tuileries, and twenty-four battalions of the Old Guard filed past our great chief.

From Project Gutenberg

Now an officer of the Old Guard is seen to ride up the pass.

From Project Gutenberg

Something done to the two old guard-rooms on each side of the gate.

From Project Gutenberg

The old guard was overwhelmed, or rather would have been overwhelmed if not already well-nigh crumbled away.

From Project Gutenberg

From then on they had begun their regular duty tours accompanied, at first, by one of the old guard on each tour.

From Project Gutenberg