ALL meanings of old guard
old guard
O o - noun old guard the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo. 1
- noun old guard (in the U.S.) the conservative element of any political party, especially the Republican Party. 1
- noun old guard (usually lowercase) the influential, established, more conservative members of any body, group, movement, etc.: the old guard of New York society. 1
- singular noun old guard If you refer to a group of people as the old guard, you mean that they have worked in a particular organization for a very long time and are unwilling to accept new ideas or practices. 0
- noun old guard a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle 0
- noun old guard the conservative element in a political party or other group 0
- noun old guard the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804 0
- noun old guard the imperial guard, organized by Napoleon I in 1804 0
- noun old guard any group that has long defended a cause 0
- noun old guard the most conservative element of a group, party, etc. 0