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Definition of Standard-bearer

1. Noun. An outstanding leader of a political movement.

2. Noun. The soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle.

Definition of Standard-bearer

1. Noun. A person who carries a flag or banner (a standard). ¹

2. Noun. A person who visibly leads. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standard-bearer

stand still stand stock still stand tall stand the test of time stand to stand to reason stand up stand up against stand up for stand up to

stand watch standage standages standalone standard standard-bearer (current term) standard-bearers standard-wing standard-wings standard atmosphere

standard candle standard candles standard cell standard deviation standard deviations standard dosing standard electrode potential standard electrode potentials standard error standard error of difference

Literary usage of Standard-bearer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"1548), politician, only son of Sir Anthony Browne, standard-bearer of England and constable of Calais, and of his wite Lady Lucy Nevill, daughter and ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(d) Offertory of the Mass for the Dead: "O Lord . . . may the holy standard-bearer Michael introduce them to the holy light which Thou didst promise of old ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"HENRY DE ESSEX, standard-bearer TO HENRY II. From ' The Worthies of England ' IT HAPPENED in the reign of this King, there was a fierce battle fought in ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"HENRY DE ESSEX, standard-bearer TO HENRY II. From 'The Worthies of England ' IT HAPPENED in the reign of this King, there was a fierce battle fought in ..."

5. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"On the 30th September he had made the Marquess of Mantua standard-bearer to the Church,J and on the I4th October had excommunicated the French general. ..."

6. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1908)
"... the 15 day of July in the 27 yeare of our Dominion ouer the said Province of Maryland and in the year of our Lord 1658. standard-bearer OF MARYLAND. ..."

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