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Dictionary Results For "standard-bearer" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Noun

  1. A person who carries a flag or banner (a standard).
  2. :The standard-bearer in battle is in the center of the front line so the following troops know where to go; unfortunately, it also shows the enemy where to shoot.
  3. A person who visibly leads.
  4. :He became the standard-bearer for their cause because of his celebrity.


io:standard-bearer vi:standard-bearer

WordNet standard-bearer
n 1: an outstanding leader of a political movement
2: the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military
parades or in battle [syn: color bearer]
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