Definition of Red guard

1. Noun. A radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles.


Definition of Red guard

1. Noun. A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Guard

red fever
red fibres
red fire
red flag
red fox
red foxes
red giant
red giant star
red giants
red ginger
red goatfish
red goods
red goosefoot
red gram
red grouse
red guard (current term)
red guards
red gum
red hair
red half-moon
red haw
red heat
red helleborine
red hepatisation
red herring
red herrings
red hot
red huckleberry
red induration
red infarct

Literary usage of Red guard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bolshevik Russia by Étienne Antonelli (1920)
"Their Doctrine: Its History and Principles — Their Troops: The " red guard," the "Red Army." On October 24 (old style) Kerensky, head of the provisional ..."

2. Bolshevik Russia by Étienne Antonelli (1920)
"... red guard," the "Red Army." On October 24 (old style) Kerensky, head of the provisional government, delivered before the Pre- Parliament* a magnificent ..."

3. Opposition and Dissent in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody (1977)
"Some are wary of counting the red guard movement as opposition at all: the students "accepted the legitimacy of central institutions and strove to act as ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"Russian red guard from Finland in early March and the abandonment of the Finnish red guard to its fate. The latter, however, took care of the disarming both ..."

5. New York Times Current History (1919)
"... I have the honor to remind you that the withdrawing and disarming of the Russian red guard from Finland must be commenced immediately. ..."

6. The City of Trouble by Meriel Buchanan (1918)
"XXIX RULE OF THE red guard AND what of Petrograd, the capital, during these days? Winter had set in now. The white, pure silence of the snow covered ..."

7. The City of Trouble by Meriel Buchanan (1918)
"XXIX RULE OF THE red guard AND what of Petrograd, the capital, during these days? Winter had set in now. The white, pure silence of the snow covered ..."

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