Usually means: Military stance, relaxed but formal.
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  1. parade rest: Merriam-Webster
  2. parade-rest, parade rest: Wordnik
  3. parade rest: Wiktionary
  4. parade rest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. parade rest: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Parade rest, parade rest: Dictionary.com
  7. parade rest: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Parade rest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PARADE-REST: Band Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parade rest: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (parade rest)

noun:  (US, military) A position of rest in which the feet are 12 inches apart and the hands clasped behind the back, or the left hand is behind the back and the right hand holds the rifle with its butt on the ground.

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