Old Guard
Old Guard
noun
1.
the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
2.
(in the U.S.) the conservative element of any political party, especially the Republican party.
3.
( usually lowercase ) the influential, established, more conservative members of any body, group, movement, etc.: the old guard of New York society.
Origin:
translation of French Vieille Garde
translation of French Vieille Garde
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| old guard | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group that works for a long-established or old-fashioned cause or principle |
| 2. | the conservative element in a political party or other group |
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Old guard
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| Old Guard | |
| —n | |
| the French imperial guard created by Napoleon in 1804 | |
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