old guard

See also: Old Guard

English

Etymology

Calque of French vieille garde.

Noun

old guard (plural old guards)

1. A (comparatively) conservative, reactionary faction that is more unwilling to accept new ideas than their peers are.
2. Collectively, the members of a team who have been a long time in a place.
   • 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:

     The Blues, without new big-money signings Fernando Torres and David Luiz, relied on their old guard to dig them out of an early hole.

Translations

old guard

Danish: gammel garde c Dutch: oude garde Finnish: vanha kaarti French: arrière-garde (fr) f, vieille garde f Greek: παλιά φρουρά f (paliá frourá) Macedonian: стара гарда f (stara garda) Polish: stara gwardia (pl) f

See also

• old school