Iron Guard

American  

[ahy-ern gahrd] / ˈaɪ ərn ˈgɑrd /

noun

1. a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and antisemitic: recognized from 1927 until banned in 1941.

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Iron Guard British  

noun

1. a Romanian fascist party that ceased to exist after World War II

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Other Word Forms

• Iron-Guard
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Iron Guard

First recorded in 1930–35; translation of Romanian Garda de Fier

Example Sentences

It was a long straight blade with a plain iron guard, or cage, for the hands, and on it, in old letters, was engraved one Latin word, Silentium, "Silence."

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

On the outside of the window covering the same is an iron guard such as is used in New York on the lower back windows.

From The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Walter, Eugene

With a noisy clatter the cage came to a stop at the opening on that level; the iron guard bars fell back with a bang.

From The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift by Mears, James R.

It jolted over the iron guard of the weighing-machine, and this jolt deflected it, so that instead of aiming at the gates it aimed for part of a gate and part of a brick pillar.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold