old guard
noun
variants
or less commonly Old Guard
1
: the conservative and especially older members of an organization (such as a political party)
2
: a group of established prestige and influence
compare new guard
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The oldest player on Miami’s current roster is 32-year-old guard Norman Powell.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The Kings will need a big night from their 30-year-old guard with Monk, Murray and Sabonis out.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old guard suffered the toe injury late last season and aggravated it during the playoffs, forcing him to miss four games as Cleveland fell to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old guard has started 150 career NBA games, but nearly all of those games (143) came as a member of a bad Houston Rockets team from 2020-23.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The Kings will need a big night from their 30-year-old guard with Monk, Murray and Sabonis out.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old guard suffered the toe injury late last season and aggravated it during the playoffs, forcing him to miss four games as Cleveland fell to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old guard has started 150 career NBA games, but nearly all of those games (143) came as a member of a bad Houston Rockets team from 2020-23.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Old guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20guard. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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