"guard of honour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-guard of honor.wav Forms: guards of honour [plural], honour guard [alternative, UK], honor guard [alternative, US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|guards of honour}} guard of honour (plural guards of honour)
  1. A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person. Related terms: receiving line Translations (group of people arranged in one or more rows): kunniavartio (Finnish), kunniavartiosto (Finnish), haie d’honneur [feminine] (French), warta honorowa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-guard_of_honour-en-noun-d14wO-46 Disambiguation of 'group of people arranged in one or more rows': 95 5
  2. (cooking) Two frenched racks of lamb placed together with the ribs interlinked.
    Sense id: en-guard_of_honour-en-noun-c~tAr7Dp Categories (other): Cooking, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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Alternative forms

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