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
Nigel	NIE-jəl	English
Jedidah	ji-DIE-də (English), jee-DIE-də (English)	Biblical
Firuz	-	Persian, Tajik
Truus	TRUYS	Dutch
Niloofar	-	Persian
Sayaka	sah-yah-kah	Japanese