stan·dard-bear·er (st n d rd-bâr r)n. 1. One who carries a standard or banner, especially of a military unit. 2. An outstanding leader or representative of a movement, organization, or political party. |
standard-bearer
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1. (Military) an officer or man who carries a standard
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a leader of a cause or party
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| Noun | 1. | standard-bearer - an outstanding leader of a political movement |
| 2. | standard-bearer - the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention" |
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