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
A firing party of 14 will each fire three rounds in unison, and a bugler will sound the Last Post at the end of the private service.
From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2021
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
Loudmouthed, cowardly, Theodore ran away during an attack, was saved from a firing party only by a kindly doctor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several of the firing party who had no cloaks had their waterproof sheets over their shoulders, I noticed one man with a corn sack.
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.
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