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  Old Guard

  noun

  the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
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  old guard

  noun

  a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle

Old Guard

American  

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.

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old guard ¹ British  

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

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Old Guard ² British  

noun

1. the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804

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Etymology

Origin of Old Guard

Translation of French Vieille Garde

Example Sentences

Netflix proved with "The Old Guard" they can make a decent Europudding action film.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023

Two Old Guard platoon horses, Mickey and Tony, had to be euthanized within days of each other in February 2022.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The figures gather inside like a collection of strangers from different worlds with little in common, united only in their solidarity against the Old Guard.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Infantry Regiment, known as the Old Guard, kept precise, ritualistic vigil on the eastern side of the massive stone crypt overlooking the cemetery and the nation’s capital.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021

Like the Old Guard of France, he's always around the bony parts thrown; and, like a bon vivant, is much given to whining after his dinner.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)