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Meanings of old guard in English

Portuguese
3rd infantry regiment
Spanish
3rd infantry regiment
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United States Army combat formation.

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3rd infantry regiment

Ceremonial and veterans unit.

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Usage of old guard in English
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All present were gazing anxiously at the king and the old guard.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
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The 19-year- old guard has come through the NBA Global Academy in Australia.
Radio NZ
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One morning, about daybreak, the new guard was relieving the old guard.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
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The old guard are already lining up to defend the status quo.
The Guardian
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To Cloud or Not to Cloud The old guard does not agree.
Wired
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So some of the old guard were still on deck, after all!
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
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It's kind of hard to explain, the 20-year- old guard told reporters.
Reuters
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But the men Attlee leaned on were of course of Labour's old guard.
The Guardian
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The old guard has decisively lost its capital - both pecuniary and political.
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
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So this military action is the old guard reasserting its authority.
BBC
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Daylight's one of the old guard, one of the real sour-doughs.
Burning Daylight
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But every time here I find some of your old guard hanging round.
Dangerous Days
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It's a position marked by rigid respect and allegiance to the old guard.
Climbing Magazine
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These are testing times for the old guard of Armagh football.
The Irish Times
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That alone made Turner an immediate threat to the old guard.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
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But by 2006, Ghanem had annoyed too many people in the old guard.
Reuters
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