Definition of "guest of honor" []

• A person in whose honor a gathering is held. (noun)

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• "Before the guest of honor arrives, have guests glue their pics into the book and sign the page—making a guest book and this-is-your-life album all in one."
• "Though Poplicola wondered what drove her to appear for dinner when the guest of honor was a notorious philanderer, Glaphyra knew very well why."
• "Afterward he appeared as the guest of honor at a banquet on the Capitoline."