a member of the militant activist groups in China in the late 1960s
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Red Guard
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 of Red Guard
Translation of Chinese (Mandarin) hóng wèibīng hóng red wèibīng guard ( wèi to defend ) ( bīng weapons, troops )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural red guards)
- A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
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