Red Guard Definition

noun
A member of the militant activist groups in China in the late 1960s.
Webster's New World
A member of a radical political group with Maoist leanings.
American Heritage
A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Red Guard

Noun

Singular:
Red Guard
Plural:
red-guards

Origin of Red Guard

  • Translation of Chinese (Mandarin) hóng wèibīng hóng red wèibīng guard (wèi to defend) (bīng weapons, troops)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • red +"Ž guard

    From Wiktionary

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