standard-bearer

English

Noun

standard-bearer (plural standard-bearers)

A person who carries a flag or banner (a standard).
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.
(figurative) A person who visibly leads.
He became the standard-bearer for their cause because of his celebrity.

Synonyms

Translations

person who carries flag or banner

Armenian: դրոշակակիր (hy) (drošakakir)
Bulgarian: знаменосец (bg) m (znamenosec)
Buryat: тугша (tugša)
Catalan: portaestendard m or f
Danish: fanebærer c (infantry), fændrik c (infantry)
French: porte-étendard (fr) m
Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) (simaiofóros)
Greenlandic: erfalasulisartoq
Hindi: ध्वजवाहक (dhvajvāhak), ध्वजी (hi) (dhvajī), झंडाबरदार (hi) (jhaṇḍābardār), झंडेदार (jhaṇḍedār), झंडादार (jhaṇḍādār), निशानची (hi) (niśāncī), अलमबरदार (hi) (almabardār), निशानबरदार (niśānbardār), निशानदार (niśāndār), अलमदार (alamdār), पताकी (hi) (patākī), ध्वजवाह (dhvajvāh)
Italian: portabandiera (it)
Japanese: 旗手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
Latin: vexillārius m, signifer m
Macedonian: знаме́носец m (znaménosec), ба́јрактар m (bájraktar) (archaic)
Old English: seġnbora m
Ottoman Turkish: سنجاقدار (sancakdar), بیراقدار (bayrakdar), علمدار (ʿalemdar)
Persian: پرچم‌دار (parčam-dâr)
Polish: poczet sztandarowy (pl), chorąży (pl) m
Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m or f, porta-estandarte (pt) m or f
Russian: знаменосец (ru) m (znamenosec)
Spanish: abanderado (es) m, abanderada (es) f, portaestandarte m or f
Swedish: fanbärare (sv)
Tagalog: abanderado (tl)
Ukrainian: прапороно́сець (uk) m (praporonósecʹ)
Welsh: banerwr m

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