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Meanings of standard bearer in anglès

portuguès
porta-bandeira
espanyol
abanderado
català
portabandera
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Person who carries a flag, banner or standard in an official capacity.

        Related terms
        portabandera
        rus
        энсин
        portuguès
        alferes
        espanyol
        alférez
        català
        alferes

        Lowest ranking commissioned officer, etymologically the carrier of the ensign flag.

              Related terms
              alferes
              Usage of standard bearer in anglès
              1
              Yet the opposition has had little success agreeing on a standard bearer.
              Reuters
              2
              Of carven figures there are several besides the standard bearer already mentioned.
              Northumberland Yesterday and To-day
              3
              Then he said to me; You are Heregar, the bishop's standard bearer.
              A Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into ...
              4
              All parties face a dilemma in picking a standard bearer for elections.
              The Irish Times
              5
              For so long the e-commerce standard bearer and enemy of shop-keepers everywhere, Amazon.
              The Irish Times
              6
              The standard bearer raised the flag, waving it to and fro.
              America's War for Humanity
              7
              The standard bearer came back easily to a sitting posture on the asphalt.
              The Wrong Twin
              8
              Once he became his party's standard bearer, the tycoon-cum-media celebrity shifted his concern.
              Independent.ie
              9
              Four years later, he accepted the Democratic Party's nomination and became its standard bearer.
              Ebony
              10
              The standard bearer, the personal guard, and the Brehon of O'Conor fell around him.
              A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
              11
              This action immediately brought upon the standard bearer and the prince a violent fusillade.
              America's War for Humanity
              12
              Are Washington now the standard bearer in the NFC East?
              The Guardian
              13
              They had already selected in secret George B. McClellan for their coming standard bearer.
              The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
              14
              Wallace Carberry turned out to be the lucky standard bearer.
              The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
              15
              Moreover, I doubt if the bishop would let his standard bearer part from him.
              A Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into ...
              16
              Among them stood Olaf's standard bearer, round whom they were ranged in battle order.
              Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
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              Ireland
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              United States of America
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              United Kingdom
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