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Guest of honor   /gɛst əv ˈɑnər/   Listen
Guest of honor

noun
1.
The person in whose honor a gathering is held.





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"Guest of honor" Quotes from Famous Books



... they led him to a hall. Here the young chief mourner came to receive him. Expressions of condolence and thanks were exchanged between them, and then they all sat down to a luxurious feast and entertained the monkey as the guest of honor. ...
— Japanese Fairy Tales • Yei Theodora Ozaki
... presented to all the party, passengers as well as invited guests. It may have required an effort on the part of the former to carry out the instructions of the commander; but the Pacha declared that he was delighted with his reception. He was placed on the right of Captain Ringgold, as the guest of honor, and treated with distinguished consideration by all the people from ...
— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic
... outfit cleaned all the makeup off except behind the ears and took it on the lope for Alla's domicile. Me being the guest of honor, I naturally kicked in late. Gee! everybody of any importance was there, even some of the principals, and every other show in town sent at least one representative. Say, the drum was so crowded that some of the couples had to turn the fire escape into a conservatory. They would crawl ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey
... former resident of this city, was the guest of honor at a dinner served yesterday at her son's home in Wilkinsburg, the occasion being the 92nd anniversary of her birth. Mrs. —— was born in Somerset County and resided in this ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 15, 1919 • Various
... then to keep them well. We think what few brains we have are in our head. The Chinaman thinks they're in the stomach. Whenever he gets off what he thinks is a good thing he pats his stomach in approval. We put a guest of honor on our right, the Chinaman puts him ...
— Baseball Joe Around the World - Pitching on a Grand Tour • Lester Chadwick


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