"old guard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: old guards [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French vieille garde. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|fr|vieille garde}} Calque of French vieille garde 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: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74
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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