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

Derived forms: honour guards

Type of: escort

Encyclopedia: Honour guard