firing party
Britishnoun
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a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
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another name for firing squad
Example Sentences
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Nearby stood a military band, an 82nd Airborne color guard and a firing party, its seven soldiers arrayed in line.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022
The Royal Anglian Regiment, into which the Essex was amalgamated, provided bearers and a firing party for his funeral on Thursday.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2019
A chaplain spoke a prayer, a bugler sounded Taps and a firing party shot three times into the soft morning light.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2015
Loudmouthed, cowardly, Theodore ran away during an attack, was saved from a firing party only by a kindly doctor.
From Time Magazine Archive
In front of him the firing party, of two from each regiment, were then drawn up, half held in reserve, during which there was still a little time for words with his chaplain.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.
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