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
Officials from National Transportation Safety Board and an honor guard of first responders in dress uniform are also present on the tarmac.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 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
The next stage involves ceremonies in Washington, which may involve Armed Forces honor guards, elite military bands and other service academies, National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserve units, according to the Pentagon.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Officials from National Transportation Safety Board and an honor guard of first responders in dress uniform are also present on the tarmac.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 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
The next stage involves ceremonies in Washington, which may involve Armed Forces honor guards, elite military bands and other service academies, National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserve units, according to the Pentagon.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Honor guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20guard. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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