new guard

noun

variants or less commonly New Guard

1

: the members of an organization (such as a political party) who are newer or younger and who often favor change

Justin Trudeau won the Liberal crown with a crushing victory that brings a new guard to the helm of the party …

—Daniel Leblanc

… announced four new executive hires, the beginning of the company's new guard …

—Ashley Stewart

2

: a group of persons who have recently gained prominence or power in a particular field

the new guard of the fashion industry

compare old guard

Examples of new guard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the old guard will probably stick to their traditional knitting, there is a growing new guard with a much more open mind. —Mike Dojc, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

The Dallas Cowboys will be looking for a new guard with sources confirming to the Star-Telegram’s Nick Harris that All-Pro offensive lineman Zack Martin intends to retire. —Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025

Its technology has been a winner with integrations across the platforms of other players in the financial markets new guard, too, from eToro to SoFi, Betterment and Robinhood. —Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025

The beauty of this week in particular for us was that there really felt like there was a new guard of voices which are not just emerging, but really wanting to take center stage and embody what New York Fashion Week is so well known for. —Vogue Runway, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025

Bergdorf Goodman is turning the street-style lens on the rising new guard of designers and members of the BG team themselves. —Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025

The regulations cap a four-year Biden administration effort to hobble China's access to advanced chips that can enhance its military capabilities and seek to maintain U.S. leadership in AI by closing loopholes and adding new guard rails to control the flow of chips and global development of AI. —Karen Freifeld, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025

Golden State is likely to put the ball in his hands more in Curry’s absence as well as feature new guard Dennis Schroder often. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024

Compared to standard porcelain veneers, this new guard more closely resembles Charles Pincus’ original product, composite caps that snapped on to teeth and lasted as long as a few days. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 5 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for new guard

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard