Red Guard

a member of the militant activist groups in China in the late 1960s

See Red Guard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A member of an activist youth movement in China, prominent during the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s, that espoused Maoist principles.
A member of a radical political group with Maoist leanings.

Origin:

Origin: Translation of Chinese (Mandarin) hóng wèibīng

Origin: : hóng, red

Origin: + wèibīng, guard (wèi, to defend + bīng, weapons, troops)

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