honour guard

collocation in English

meaningsofhonourandguard

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honour
noun
uk
/ˈɒn.ər/us
/ˈɑː.nɚ/
a quality that combines respect, being proud, ...
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guard
noun[C]
uk
/ɡɑːd/us
/ɡɑːrd/
a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal ...
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(Definition ofhonourandguardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The duties of thehonourguardare normally mostly ceremonial.
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A military band repeated it as the flatbed hearse carrying the casket andhonourguardbegan the hours-long funeral procession.
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Honourguardunits transfer over provinces and may be used repeatedly.
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In an unplanned gesture he proceeded to shake hands with the assembled players and greet thehonourguard.
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The scene soon descended into chaos; the soldiers forming thehonourguardopened fire and rode through the crowd with drawn sabres.
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He sanctioned a proper burial, and provide anhonourguardof 100 soldiers for the service.
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Delana was invited to inspect a fifty-stronghonourguard.
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The unit contributed anhonourguardto the main surrender ceremony.
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He can be acquired as anhonourguardunit during the campaign.
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Honour guards also use the goose step during solemn ceremonies such as at war memorials or military cemeteries.
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