new guard
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Collectively, people who have recently gained prominence or influence within a specific field.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of new guard.
Example Sentences
- "The fits and starts of recent East European political history have many of their deepest roots in this inherently ambiguous predicament of the new guard of middle- and upper-level leaders."
- "Across the UK, a new guard of designers is drawing on global influences to ask how we can use our pasts – whether cultural heritage, personal histories, or intergenerational trauma and healing – to forge a new path to the future that ricochets between the boundaries of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality."
- "Docherty sees the new guard of New Zealand designers as representing the country’s multifaceted nature."