guest of honor

The definition of a guest of honor is a person for whom an event was planned or a person who an event celebrates.

(noun)

An example of a guest of honor is the graduate at a graduation party.

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See guest of honor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. the person in whose honor a festivity or ceremony is held
  2. a guest attending a festivity or ceremony by special invitation

See guest of honor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A person in whose honor a gathering is held.
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