Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an activist youth movement in China, prominent during the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s, that espoused Maoist principles.
- noun A member of a radical political group with Maoist leanings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The local paper here in Eugene, Oregon, The Red Guard aka, The Register Guard, had a piece last week about local Catholic reaction to the presidential race.
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He asked, How could you have saved this from the Red Guard?
Imitation of Life Marko Fong 2011
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Daniel is selling signage to an arts complex, not the Red Guard.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Chinglish, The Man Who Came To Dinner Fern Siegel 2011
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Daniel is selling signage to an arts complex, not the Red Guard.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Chinglish, The Man Who Came To Dinner Fern Siegel 2011
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Daniel is selling signage to an arts complex, not the Red Guard.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Chinglish, The Man Who Came To Dinner Fern Siegel 2011
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Daniel is selling signage to an arts complex, not the Red Guard.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Chinglish, The Man Who Came To Dinner Fern Siegel 2011
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In addition to the strong cast members mentioned above, standouts included Heather Engebretson as the Chinese daughter Li, bass Aubrey Allicock as the Grand Inquisitor, Karen Vuong as Zhou, a Red Guard, and Meredith Lustig, Laura Mixter and Rachael Wilson as the Andrews Sisters trio, who also operated dancing puppets, adding an additional layer of comic grotesquery to the moment.
Young and Committed to Their Causes Heidi Waleson 2011
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Mao used his Red Guard units of killers and torturers to reduce the country to chaos; only his iron fist, with the help of those same Red Guards, could quell the anarchy.
Mao 2010
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He joined the student Red Guard and rose to become deputy head of the revolutionary core group in his college, the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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He joined the student Red Guard and rose to become deputy head of the revolutionary core group in his college, the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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