red guard

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   a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles

   Broaderpolitical movement

   China

Questions about red guard

What does red guard mean?

red guard means "a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles".

Is red guard a common word?

red guard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.