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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈold ˈguard, n. [countable* usually singular;
often: the + ~]- Governmentthe members of a group, as a political party, who resist change.
- persons who have been associated with a place, organization, company, etc., for a long time.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: old guard n - a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle
- the conservative element in a political party or other group
Etymology: 19th Century: from Old Guard Old′ Guard′, - World Historythe imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
- Government(in the U.S.) the conservative element of any political party, esp. the Republican party.
- Government(usually l.c.) the influential, established, more conservative members of any body, group, movement, etc.:the old guard of New York society.
- translation of French Vieille Garde
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