"old guard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: old guards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} old guard (plural old guards)
  1. A (comparatively) conservative, reactionary faction that is more unwilling to accept new ideas than their peers are.
    Sense id: en-old_guard-en-noun-U~1VC-R2
  2. Collectively, the members of a team who have been a long time in a place. Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-old_guard-en-noun-yANF8LGq Disambiguation of Collectives: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: old school Translations (old guard): gammel garde [common-gender] (Danish), oude garde (Dutch), vanha kaarti (Finnish), arrière-garde [feminine] (French), vieille garde [feminine] (French), παλιά φρουρά (paliá frourá) [feminine] (Greek), стара гарда (stara garda) [feminine] (Macedonian), stara gwardia [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'old guard': 0 0

Inflected forms

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