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COLOR BEARER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does color bearer mean? 

COLOR BEARER (noun)
  The noun COLOR BEARER has 1 sense:

1. the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battleplay

  Familiarity information: COLOR BEARER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLOR BEARER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

color bearer; standard-bearer

Hypernyms ("color bearer" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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