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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Sofia Coppola is the guest of honor of the third edition of the Nouvelles Vagues Festival (photo courtesy of Chanel). Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 June 2025 Showing its spring 2026 collection at Pitti Uomo as this season’s guest of honor of the menswear trade fair, the brand inaugurates the roving presentation schedule announced earlier this year. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 June 2025 The guest of honor’s son, Santiago, 6 (dad is Mexican media honcho Jose Bastón) also managed to stay up for the festivities. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025 Jenner, 75, had been in Tel Aviv as guest of honor of the city’s gay pride festivities, which were called of after Israel began a series of strikes on Tehran on Friday, killing top military officials and nuclear scientists, as well as eradicating several nuclear facilities. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for guest of honor

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“Guest of honor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20of%20honor. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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