guest of honor
noun phrase
: a person who is being specially honored
She will be the guest of honor at the banquet.
Examples of guest of honor in a Sentence
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While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, the female chef duo of Cris Comerford and Susie Morrison take care of the culinary diplomacy.
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Darlene Superville, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
This year, Germany is the festival’s guest of honor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 May 2024
Streep, meanwhile, returned to the festival for the first time since 1989 as the guest of honor to receive an honorary Palme d’Or for her prolific and varied career.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
In fact, the real-life English, who was a guest of honor for opening night, got the most enthusiastic applause of the evening.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2015
The annual documentary festival in England also unveiled Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award for his 2010 doc short Music by Prudence, as the guest of honor.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Apr. 2024
Then, in 2010, a group of zookeepers invited her to attend a conference in Phoenix as their guest of honor.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
The party’s menu included fresh corn with pesto butter, which was a hit with the guest of honor.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Nearly two hours into a welcome ceremony last month at the lavish home of a Korean diplomat in Hancock Park, the guest of honor — the first Asian American to lead the Los Angeles Police Department — had yet to step on stage.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Darlene Superville, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
This year, Germany is the festival’s guest of honor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 May 2024
Streep, meanwhile, returned to the festival for the first time since 1989 as the guest of honor to receive an honorary Palme d’Or for her prolific and varied career.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
In fact, the real-life English, who was a guest of honor for opening night, got the most enthusiastic applause of the evening.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2015
The annual documentary festival in England also unveiled Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award for his 2010 doc short Music by Prudence, as the guest of honor.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Apr. 2024
Then, in 2010, a group of zookeepers invited her to attend a conference in Phoenix as their guest of honor.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
The party’s menu included fresh corn with pesto butter, which was a hit with the guest of honor.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Nearly two hours into a welcome ceremony last month at the lavish home of a Korean diplomat in Hancock Park, the guest of honor — the first Asian American to lead the Los Angeles Police Department — had yet to step on stage.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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