guest of honor
noun phrase
: a person who is being specially honored
She will be the guest of honor at the banquet.
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Vienna Tourist Board View 2 Images On May 31, Voyager 1 will be the guest of honor at what may be the most exclusive concert in history.
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David Szondy
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Quentin Tarantino, who is this year’s guest of honor at the Cannes Film Festival‘s Cannes Classics section, shared his passion for George Sherman — the prolific U.S. director of low-budget Westerns and other genre films — on Wednesday with a packed screening of two of his Universal Pictures movies.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2025
And to really commit to the theme, Correale recommends making your guest of honor do a stunt as a grand entrance.
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—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, MacGraw was the guest of honor at a special Valentine’s Day Lily of the Valley afternoon tea at The Lowell’s Majorelle restaurant hosted by De Luca Chartouni as part of the hotel’s Love at The Lowell month.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
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David Szondy
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Quentin Tarantino, who is this year’s guest of honor at the Cannes Film Festival‘s Cannes Classics section, shared his passion for George Sherman — the prolific U.S. director of low-budget Westerns and other genre films — on Wednesday with a packed screening of two of his Universal Pictures movies.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2025
And to really commit to the theme, Correale recommends making your guest of honor do a stunt as a grand entrance.
41.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, MacGraw was the guest of honor at a special Valentine’s Day Lily of the Valley afternoon tea at The Lowell’s Majorelle restaurant hosted by De Luca Chartouni as part of the hotel’s Love at The Lowell month.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
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