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
Next morning the cane field along the railroad was searched but no trace of the firing party was found.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson
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