a defender and protector of the good ol' days of a hobby or tradition, usually violently opposed to any new additions to their hobby.
I, Spaz De Kat, as an old guard of the Dungeons and Dragons game, have this to say: 4th Edition can suck my dick the same way it sucks at life.
by Spaz De Kat March 22, 2010
The Old Guard (French: Vieille Garde) were the elite veteran elements of the Emperor Napoleon's Imperial Guard. It was the most feared elite infantry formation of its day.
by History Lover October 01, 2019
The people that saw you through the murky middle. You might not have known them in the beginning, they might not be there in the end, but they acted as the guards, the controls, that paid the light bill inside the tunnel and obscured the distant beam at end.
“He had an angelic afternoon after work when he walked into the tavern and he got to talk to some of the old guard.”
by Jeremiah Collins June 03, 2025
A oligarchy of original ABN-Blaks, those who’ve commodified culture, feathered their own nests, thrown down no ladders, spoken for other family groups without consulting them, deceptively excluded others, run community corporations into the ground by diverting income streams to themselves and compromising member integrity to create a state of confusion and division.
Synonym: nation-builders
Synonym: nation-builders
E.g. 1 the Old Guard are at it again, trying to do Welcomes on Clan Country that isn’t their own, over the top of Clan TO’s who are present.
E.g. 2 The Old Guard’s motto: Profits over Protocols.
E.g. 2 The Old Guard’s motto: Profits over Protocols.
by Clever Guard April 17, 2025