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Old Guard
noun
the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
(in the U.S.) the conservative element of any political party, especially the Republican Party.
(usually lowercase), the influential, established, more conservative members of any body, group, movement, etc..
the old guard of New York society.
old guard
1noun
a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle
the conservative element in a political party or other group
Old Guard
2noun
the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804
Word History and Origins
Origin of old guard1
Word History and Origins
Origin of old guard1
Example Sentences
For officials of the old guard, their inability to return a single young citizen kidnapped while chasing opportunities abroad he couldn’t find at home would become a sore point and symbol of an elite’s failures.
But many of Morena’s old guard, including López Obrador, earned their stripes as PRI operatives.
If Isak is the new Liverpool superstar, one of the old guard showed he is not ready to stand aside just yet as Mohamed Salah shrugged off some early season lethargy to return to his brilliant best.
Representing the old guard of “peak TV,” HBO netted well over 50 nominations for fan favorites like “The White Lotus,” “The Penguin” and “The Last of Us.”
We can titter at the shock and horror that some of the characters display at even being in the same room as a divorced woman — Lady Mary is rudely escorted from a ball and asked to hide under a staircase lest she come into contact with a royal — and also empathize with the frustration of a new generation that desperately wants to take over from the old guard and maybe even shake things up a bit.
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