the old guard
noun [S, + sing/pl verb] disapprovingDefinition
› those people in an organization or society who oppose change and whose beliefs and ideas belong to a period in the past: Radical reform was, of course, opposed by the old guard.Societies, clubs and organizations
(Definition of the old guard noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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