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
Aldus	-	Medieval English
Prunella	proo-NEL-ə	English (Rare)
Roma (2)	-	Various
Gamal	-	Arabic
Adalberto	ah-dahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), ə-dəl-BER-too (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Blaine	[blein]