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honor guard

organization, usually military in nature, appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitary, the fallen in war, or to attend at state ceremonies, especially funerals
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honor guard

Summary

honor guard is a military unit type class[1]. It draws 1,724 Wikipedia views per month (military_unit_type_class category, ranking #9 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • honor guard's instance of is recorded as military unit type class[3].
  • honor guard is a type of military unit[4].
  • honor guard's Commons category is recorded as Honour guards[5].
  • honor guard's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Guards of honour[6].

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Definition and Type

honor guard's instance of is recorded as military unit type class[3]. It is a type of military unit[4].

Why It Matters

honor guard draws 1,724 Wikipedia views per month (military_unit_type_class category, ranking #9 of 41).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 294797
    Instance of → military unit type class
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537472505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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