OLD GUARD Definition & Meaning

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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

noun

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

noun

the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804

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Origin of Old Guard¹

Translation of French Vieille Garde

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Origin of Old Guard¹

C19: from Old Guard

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Amid rumors that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., may be consdering a primary challenge against Schumer, some expressed support for ditching the old guard Democrats.

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Indeed, if nothing else, basic economic theory should resonate with the old guard of corporate management.

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Many in Hollywood’s old guard were famously not on board with the gay love story at the center of “Brokeback Mountain,” with two voters — Ernest Borgnine and Tony Curtis — publicly voicing their distaste.

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Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard.

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The question of how these two—a vulgar revolutionary and a soft-spoken, polite epitome of the GOP old guard—have stayed together for so long, with such limited drama between them, can baffle observers.

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