Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

color guard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: col-or -guard
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From color (“flag”) + guard.

Inflected Forms

color guards (plural) colour guard (alternative, UK) colorguard (alternative) color-guard (alternative)

Questions

What does color guard mean?: 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.
Where does color guard come from?: From color (“flag”) + guard.

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