old guard:
(plural: ‘old guards‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ is said with ‘g’ sound, as in “gun”)
a person or group/faction in a society, political group, class, etc. that does not like modern ways of life and works/fights for the old ways of life, old traditions and old causes;
a conservative; a traditionalist; a reactionary,
the old guard of a political party at a meeting
The old guard of the National Democratic Party tried their best to keep to the old ways of running the party.
Some sociologists are in the opinion that it’s because of the old guards in our societies that we still live in a peaceful and systematic life.
The old guard of our community wants our children to be educated in the traditional way, our women to be educated at homes and stay indoors and men to maintain the old ways of life to keep the social order in tact and to prevent foreign cultures from taking over.
