Iron Guard
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Iron Guard
First recorded in 1930–35; translation of Romanian Garda de Fier
Example Sentences
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Like the Romanian Iron Guard, it relied at first on its student clientele, but unlike the Romanian movement, it completely failed to generate any broader lower- or middle-class support.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017
Jews rejoiced last week as King Carol II cracked down with all his royal might on the anti-Semitic Iron Guard.
From Time Magazine Archive
To keep a tight grip on Rumania and pursue the Iron Guard to extinction, King Carol quickly formed a new Cabinet headed by General George Argeseanu, Commander of the Second Army Corps, as Premier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drumming the countryside for Dej's resistance movement, he soon ran afoul of the Iron Guard, by 1938 found himself in Doftana Prison where he shared an 8-ft. by 6-ft. cell with Dej himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the beginning of 1941, the Fascist Iron Guard tried to overthrow General Antonescu.
From The Grey Book by Snoek, Johan Martinus
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