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Definition of "color guard" [color guard]

  • The ceremonial escort for the flag, as of a country or organization. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "color guard" in a sentence
  • "At the right of the line, the color guard carried the Stars and Stripes and the flag of the 1st Division of the V Corps."
  • "The wait was long enough to solemnity the marching of the color guard — a tall, beefy flag-bearer flanked by two men and two women in uniform, arms swinging and eyes straight ahead."
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