guest of honor

noun phrase

: a person who is being specially honored

She will be the guest of honor at the banquet.

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The Nets rolled out a red carpet for their guest of honor just outside the Barclays Center loading dock. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025 Switzerland’s Visions du Réel To Fete Raoul Peck Filmmaker Raoul Peck will be the guest of honor at this year’s Visions du Réel film festival in Switzerland. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025 One night, his guest of honor was Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. —

Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 At Trump's election night party in Florida, Musk was the guest of honor, speaking privately with Trump during the event and getting a shout-out in the president-elect's speech to supporters. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for guest of honor

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