guest of honor

American  

noun

1. a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.

2. a distinguished person invited to a dinner, meeting, etc., especially on some unique occasion.

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Example Sentences

And they had to wait over an hour for the guest of honor to arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal

He accepted and made a short speech at the event, praising the guest of honor.

From The Wall Street Journal

The guest of honor could not be persuaded.

From Los Angeles Times

The cake, it seemed, was upstaging the guest of honor.

From Los Angeles Times

At a dinner on Fifth Avenue where Churchill was the guest of honor, Mitchell, trying to maintain his usual bonhomie, stood up and offered a toast: “To my fellow former millionaires.”

From The Wall Street Journal