the old guard

a group of people who have worked in an organization for a long time and do not want it to change She has tried to resist attempts by the old guard to halt the reform process.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ercole	ER-ko-le	Italian
Evdokija	-	Macedonian
Julija	YOO-lee-yah (Slovene)	Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Merob	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Sorrel	SAWR-əl	English (Rare)
Celestyn	tse-LES-tin	Polish