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 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.
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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
That didn’t happen as President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank signed 37-year-old center Brook Lopez, 40-year-old future Hall of Fame guard Chris Paul, the second-oldest player in the league, and 32-year-old guard Bradley Beal.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Some of our old guard would be old.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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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
That didn’t happen as President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank signed 37-year-old center Brook Lopez, 40-year-old future Hall of Fame guard Chris Paul, the second-oldest player in the league, and 32-year-old guard Bradley Beal.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Some of our old guard would be old.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Old guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20guard. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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