Old Guard definitions

Old guard

1) Conservative element 2) Conservative faction 3) Conservative members 4) Conservatives 5) Defenders of a cause 6) GOP group
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The Old Guard was formed of veteran soldiers who had served Napoleon since his earliest campaigns. It is believed that Napoleon hand-selected members of his Old Guard based on physical traits, most notably above-average height. Their imposing stature was likely impressive to foes and allies alike. Serving in the army for several years as well as a...
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Old Guard

[Australia] The Old Guard was an Australian anti-communist organisation which was started in 1930 although at least one historian has claimed it existed as early as 1917. Its exact origins are disputed. It has been described as a paramilitary, quasi-official, vigilante, counterrevolutionary, anti-communist organisation. The Old Guard had a ...
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Old Guard

(from the article `Union of Soviet Socialist Republics`) ...high prestige. Lenin had noted a few years earlier that Communist Party policy was in fact being determined not by its rank-and-file but by the ...
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