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guidon

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gui·don  (gdn, gdn)
n.
1. A small flag or pennant carried as a standard by a military unit.
2. A soldier bearing such a flag or pennant.
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian guidone, from guidare, to guide, from Old Provençal guidar; see guide.]


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A spear's length in front of them sat the spare and long-limbed figure of Black Simon, the Norwich fighting man, his fierce, deep-lined face framed in steel, and the silk guidon marked with the five scarlet roses slanting over his right shoulder.
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