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US
/ˈstændɝdˈbɛɹɝ/
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NOUN
- the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
- an outstanding leader of a political movement
How To Use standard-bearer In A Sentence
- The Standard-BearersHere are some of the prophets and pathfinders who helped clear away the last of the old formality, fustiness and frou-frou. Design Literacy: A Primer
- Florence write and establish their final condemnation of noblesse living by rapine, those 'Ordinamenti della Giustizia,' which practically excluded all idle persons from government, and determined that the priors, or leaders of the State, should be priors, or leaders of its arts and productive labour; that its head 'podesta' or 'power' should be the standard-bearer of justice; and its council or parliament composed of charitable men, or good men: "boni viri," in the sense from which the French formed their noun 'bonte.' Val d'Arno
- Mr. Sistani, the true hero of Iraq's survival and incipient renaissance, is the standard-bearer of the traditional Shiite view of politics called "quietism," which rejects the clerical rule invented by the Ayatollah Khomenei in Iran. Coming to Terms With Iraqi Democracy
- Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.
- Malaysia's sultans are considered standard-bearers of traditional dress and the baju kurung itself was refined and popularized a century ago by a sultan.
- It gave bipartisan cover not just to Hillary but to Santorum as well - legitimizing one of the Senate's ultraconservative standard-bearers.
- If Mitt Romney is the nominee, the GOP standard-bearer will be a native Michigander whose father was governor. Flipping States; Retiring in Texas; Tempting Ben Nelson
- An unlikely standard-bearer for the Republican party, McCain will offer a stiff test for the Democratic nominee.
- Mr Everhart wants Caltech to be the standard-bearer for excellence in scientific research of all kinds.
- Rodrigo later rendered such distinguished services in the war in which Sancho became involved with Aragon that he was made alferez (standard-bearer or commander-in-chief) of the king's troops. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
