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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And Michael Connelly came to Middle Tennesse to be Stafford's guest of honor. Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2025 In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Cage plays a struggling Nicolas Cage who quits acting and accepts a $1 million offer to be the guest of honor at billionaire Javi Gutierrez's (Pascal) birthday. EW.com, 31 July 2025 On Thursday night, Golden was the guest of honor as former Gators middle linebacker James Bates unveiled a portrait of Golden at former Gators football coach Steve Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025 For years after John’s death and the subsequent court rulings in their favor, Jim kept busy co-writing a book, traveling the country giving speeches and attending Pride events and LGBTQ+ fundraisers as a guest of honor. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 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 24 Aug. 2025.

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