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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Iron Guard Housing, the project developer, touts “pristine, conveniently located, and comfortable man camp housing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
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
With a half-dozen of them in the clink, Dictator Antonescu simultaneously became a member and the leader of the Iron Guard, invited the German Army to come in and keep order.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the continued support of the Germans, Antonescu dissolved the Iron Guard and formed an almost exclusively military dictatorship.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
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