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Definition of "honor guard" [honor guard]

  • A group of people serving as an escort or performing drill exhibitions on ceremonial occasions. Also called guard of honor. (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 "honor guard" in a sentence
  • "The garrison of Fort Longchamps marched out past an honor guard of the 6th Panzer Division."
  • "He also appointed his Macedonian companion Anaxippus as leader of an honor guard of forty mounted spearmen to accompany the governor back to the regional capital of Chortacana modern Herat."
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