honor guard
noun
: a guard assigned to a ceremonial duty (such as to accompany a casket at a military funeral)
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The honor guard fired three volleys into the sky, and assembled mourners sang the Ukrainian national anthem.
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Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Into the gym marched an honor guard, in full uniform with white braid, holding (fake) rifles and bearing the flags of the United States and Francis Lewis High School.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The military members of the honor guard stood mannequin-still.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
An honor guard loaded the caisson, a ceremonial wagon designed a century ago to ferry artillery to the battlefront and the wounded and dead to the rear, with an empty coffin.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Into the gym marched an honor guard, in full uniform with white braid, holding (fake) rifles and bearing the flags of the United States and Francis Lewis High School.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The military members of the honor guard stood mannequin-still.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
An honor guard loaded the caisson, a ceremonial wagon designed a century ago to ferry artillery to the battlefront and the wounded and dead to the rear, with an empty coffin.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for honor guard
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“Honor guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20guard. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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