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Definition of standard-bearer in English: standard-bearernoun 1A soldier who is responsible for carrying the distinctive flag of a unit, regiment, or army. Example sentencesExamples - The standard-bearer and the battalion commander are a scant ten up from me, leading the march.
- Caesar records the standard-bearer of X Legion in the Roman invasion of Britain who, seeing his comrades reluctant to disembark, jumped into the surf and obliged them to follow him or lose their standard.
- The emblem of papal umbrella and crossed keys over a lance on both shields also proclaims the dukes' service to the Church as papal standard-bearers.
- After the battle of Edgehill in 1642, for instance, the battle site was said to be haunted by the Royalist army, led by their deceased standard-bearer.
- As a Volunteer he was his Unit's standard-bearer and fought in the 1916 Rising.
Synonyms advocate, proponent, promoter, proposer, supporter, torch-bearer, defender, protector, upholder, backer, exponent, patron, sponsor, prime mover - 1.1 A leading figure in a cause or movement.
the announcement made her a standard-bearer for gay rights Example sentencesExamples - Even beer companies, long the standard-bearers of traditional male attitudes, have noticed something different in the brew.
- Prince Charles, who stays at Balmoral every summer, has always been the royal standard-bearer on green issues.
- He is, warts and all, our standard-bearer and founder of our Republic.
- It was clear that the cop saw him as a natural enemy and a standard-bearer of the drug culture.
- The original standard-bearers of the U.S. gay rights movement get their due in a new documentary
- Perhaps unexpectedly, working-class and rural girls are the standard-bearers of the future campaign for genuine sharing of household responsibilities.
- It is the responsibility of judges to be moral standard-bearers.
- Instead, time after time, people who had begun as standard-bearers of the left ended up as right wingers.
- When Ali refused the draft, there was no genuinely mass anti-war movement in the country; not long after, he would become one of the standard-bearers of that movement.
- In many ways Dean is an unlikely standard-bearer for gay rights.
Definition of standard-bearer in US English: standard-bearernounˈstandərd ˌberərˈstændərd ˌbɛrər 1A soldier who is responsible for carrying the distinctive flag of a unit, regiment, or army. Example sentencesExamples - Caesar records the standard-bearer of X Legion in the Roman invasion of Britain who, seeing his comrades reluctant to disembark, jumped into the surf and obliged them to follow him or lose their standard.
- The emblem of papal umbrella and crossed keys over a lance on both shields also proclaims the dukes' service to the Church as papal standard-bearers.
- After the battle of Edgehill in 1642, for instance, the battle site was said to be haunted by the Royalist army, led by their deceased standard-bearer.
- The standard-bearer and the battalion commander are a scant ten up from me, leading the march.
- As a Volunteer he was his Unit's standard-bearer and fought in the 1916 Rising.
Synonyms advocate, proponent, promoter, proposer, supporter, torch-bearer, defender, protector, upholder, backer, exponent, patron, sponsor, prime mover - 1.1 A leading figure in a cause or movement.
the announcement made her a standard-bearer for gay rights Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps unexpectedly, working-class and rural girls are the standard-bearers of the future campaign for genuine sharing of household responsibilities.
- In many ways Dean is an unlikely standard-bearer for gay rights.
- He is, warts and all, our standard-bearer and founder of our Republic.
- When Ali refused the draft, there was no genuinely mass anti-war movement in the country; not long after, he would become one of the standard-bearers of that movement.
- The original standard-bearers of the U.S. gay rights movement get their due in a new documentary
- It was clear that the cop saw him as a natural enemy and a standard-bearer of the drug culture.
- Even beer companies, long the standard-bearers of traditional male attitudes, have noticed something different in the brew.
- It is the responsibility of judges to be moral standard-bearers.
- Instead, time after time, people who had begun as standard-bearers of the left ended up as right wingers.
- Prince Charles, who stays at Balmoral every summer, has always been the royal standard-bearer on green issues.
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