Honor Guard

Definition: Honor Guard

Honor Guard

Noun

1. An escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral.

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Synonym: Honor Guard

Books

• For His Honor: From Schoolroom Failure to Whitehouse Honor Guard, Terry Johnson's Witness for Christ (reference)

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High Tech

• Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard (reference)

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Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard carry the remains of fallen sailors from the USS Cole out of a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct.13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred. (Photo b.

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard.

Tech. Sgt. Robert Carreon of the Honor Guard.

A bugler from the RAF Lakenheath honor guard.

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard.

Receives a plaque of appreciation from the People of the British Solomon Islands, in ceremonies at the home of the Resident Commissioner on Guadalcanal, 25 January 1944. The honor guard, with British SMLE rifles, is from the Solomon Islands Defense Force. The plaque reads: "To the United States Navy with appreciation from the People of the British Solomon Islands Guadalcanal 1943". Credit: NAVY.

Steams with an "honor guard" of four destroyers, as a Change of Command ceremony takes place on her fight deck, 28 November 1962. Captain E.P. Kline relieved Captain G.C. Bullard as the carrier's Commanding Officer during the ceremony, which took place while she was operating in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet. The destroyers, all units of Destroyer Squadron Nineteen, are (at left): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951); (alongside the carrier): USS Black (DD-666) and USS Dennis J. Buckley (DDR-808). Credit: NAVY.

A U.S. Army honor guard presents arms as representatives of the Allied Powers arrive at pierside to be taken to USS Missouri for the surrender ceremonies, 2 September 1945. Uniform patches and unit flag indicate that the honor guard is from the 11th Airborne Division Reconnaissance Battalion. USS Buchanan (DD-484) is alongside the pier. She carried some of the dignitaries out to the Missouri. Credit: NAVY.

A U.S. Marine Corps honor guard receives Captain Siemens, Commanding Officer of the visiting German light cruiser Karlsruhe, 7 May 1936. Credit: NAVY.

Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., standing at rostrum, opening the San Francisco Conference, with Mayor Roger Lapham and Governor Earl Warren seated to his right, and Alger Hiss seated to his left. Honor guard and flags of all nations in backg. Credit: Library of Congress.

French

garde d'honneur (guard of honour). (various references)

Hungarian

díszõrség (guard of honor, guard of honour, honour guard). (various references)

Pig Latin

onorhay uardgay.(various references)

Portuguese

guarda de honra (honour guard). (various references)

Russian 

почетный караул (guard of honor, guard of honour). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: aground, dhourra, dragoon, gadroon, gurnard, rhodora.

-4 letters: ardour, around, dahoon, dhoora, dhurna, dourah, dragon, drongo, garron, ground, hadron, hagdon, honour, ourang, unhood.

-5 letters: adorn, ardor, argon, donga, donor, dough, doura, durra, gnarr, gonad, gourd, grand, groan, guano, guard, hoard, hogan, honda, honor, hound, odour, orang, organ, radon, rondo, rough, round.

+5 letters: unchoreographed.