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
Cailean	KA-len	Scottish
Manu (2)	MAH-noo (Finnish)	French, Spanish, German, Finnish
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Firdaus	-	Arabic, Persian
Iva (3)	-	Czech
Deneb	-	Astronomy