Iron Guard
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Iron-Guard adjective
Etymology
Origin of Iron Guard
First recorded in 1930–35; translation of Romanian Garda de Fier
Example Sentences
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Like the Romanian Iron Guard, it relied at first on its student clientele, but unlike the Romanian movement, it completely failed to generate any broader lower- or middle-class support.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017
From Bulgaria last week CBS Correspondent Leigh White poured out a bagful of new horror stories, gathered from eyewitness accounts of Rumania's fortnight-old Iron Guard rebellion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thereby restored freedom to the Nazi Iron Guard as well as to a sprinkling of Communists but warned both parties against anti-Government political action.
From Time Magazine Archive
New York Timesman Eugen Kovacs discovered that Berlin by no means regards the Iron Guard as its trusty agent.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the continued support of the Germans, Antonescu dissolved the Iron Guard and formed an almost exclusively military dictatorship.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
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