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  Old Guard

  noun

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

Old guard members of the board began to campaign against Tanton’s proxies.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

Old guard Avco men said that Cord was a poor transport man, that his Century Lines lost money, that he would cut pilots' pay below the minimum of safety and efficiency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Infantry 11,000 Old guard 5,000 Middle guard 5,000 Middle guard 5,000 Young guard 4,000 Horse grenadiers 1,200 Dragoons 1,200   27,400 Artillery, horse and foot 2,700 And 134 pieces of ordnance.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron