Definition of "grognards" [grognards]

• Plural form of grognard. (noun)

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• "It is both amusing and frustrating to read about gamers who've only ever played Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons calling themselves "grognards" -- amusing because it's good to see that younger gamers might finally understand that preferring an older edition doesn't mean you're "afraid of change" and frustrating because I don't believe invitations to the clubhouse have actually been sent out to these guys yet."
• ""grognards" of Napoleon, who always growled yet followed just the same, youngsters who bit their cartridges with childish lips, veterans of fights in Africa, cuirassieurs of Reichshofen, gardes-mobiles of the"
• "An inexperienced writer does not have the contextual knowledge to detect BS emanating from the grognards all that easily*** … so the inexperienced writer should take business advice largely but not exclusively from successful-but-five-years-down-the-road writers, leavened with a bit of wit and wisdom from the Giants in the Field, rather than vice versa."