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单词 standard-bearer
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Definition of standard-bearer in English:

standard-bearer

noun
  • 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. 1.1 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-bearer

nounˈstandərd 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. 1.1 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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