STANDARD-BEARER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard-bearer mean? 

• STANDARD-BEARER (noun)
  The noun STANDARD-BEARER has 2 senses:

1. an outstanding leader of a political movement

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

  Familiarity information: STANDARD-BEARER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARD-BEARER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outstanding leader of a political movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("standard-bearer" is a kind of...):

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

Sense 2

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 ("standard-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)