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
Claudiu	-	Romanian
Leal	['li:l]
Cynefrith	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Aureole	AWR-ee-ol	English (Rare)
Ely	-	English
Elvira	el-BEE-rah (Spanish), el-VEE-rah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Russian