Meaning of color guard | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
Suomi
lippuvartio
Examples
“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⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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