noun · rare

arrière-garde

arrière-garde · arrière-gardes

Any group of people who favour older, traditional approaches over the modern or…Any group of people who favour older, traditional approaches over the modern or avant-garde.

Meaning

2 senses

Any group of people who favour older, traditional approaches over the modern or avant-garde.
(obsolete)The rearguard of an army or other force.

Origin

From Middle English arryeregarde, from Anglo-Norman arer-garde and Middle French ariere-ga

From Middle English arryeregarde, from Anglo-Norman arer-garde and Middle French ariere-garde, arrer-garde, arriere-garde, arrer-garde, from Old French arieregarde, from arere (“behind”) + guarde (“guard”).

Unadapted borrowing from French arrière-garde, by analogy with avant-garde.

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