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.
(figuratively) 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

Buryat: тугша (tugša)
Danish: fanebærer c (infantry), fændrik c (infantry)
French: porte-drapeau (fr) m
Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) (simaiofóros)
Greenlandic: erfalasulisartoq
Italian: portabandiera (it)
Japanese: 旗手 (kishu)
Latin: vexillārius m

Persian: پرچم‌دار‎ (parcham-daar)
Polish: poczet sztandarowy (pl)
Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m, f, porta-estandarte (pt) m, f
Russian: знаменосец (ru) m (znamenosec)
Spanish: abanderado (es) m, abanderada (es) f, portaestandarte m, f
Swedish: fanbärare (sv)
Tagalog: abanderado (tl)
Welsh: banerwr m

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