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Noun: honor guard
Usage: US (elsewhere: honour guard)
  1. An escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
    "The honor guard stood at attention as the foreign dignitary arrived";
    - guard of honor [US], honour guard [Brit, Cdn], guard of honour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: honor guards

Type of: escort

Encyclopedia: Honor guard