color guard
color guard noun: a uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other flags) on ceremonial occasions.
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Noun
color guard (plural color guards)
- A uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other flags) on ceremonial occasions.
- The survivors fell sullenly back behind a fence, within easy range of the Confederate rifle-pits. Just before reaching it the last of the color guard was shot, and the flag fell in the open.1895, Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, “The Flag-Bearer”, in Hero Tales from American History
Forms of color guard
| plural | color guards |
|---|---|
| alternative UK | colour guard |
| alternative form | colorguard |
| alternative form | color-guard |
Origin of color guard
From color (“flag”) + guard.
Questions about color guard
- What does color guard mean?
- Color guard means a uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other flags) on ceremonial occasions.
- What part of speech is color guard?
- Color guard is a noun.
- What is the plural of color guard?
- The plural of color guard is color guards.
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