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What (who) is standard bearer - definition
PERSON WHO CARRIES A FLAG, BANNER OR STANDARD IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY
Standard Bearer; Standard bearer; Flag bearer; Flag-bearer; Colorbearer; Color-bearer; Color bearer; Flagbearer; Battle-standard; Standard-Bearer
![visiting card]] in 1616 placed the young ensigns in key positions](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans Hals - Banket van de officieren van de Sint-Joris-Doelen.jpg?width=200 "visiting card]] in 1616 placed the young ensigns in key positions")
![When the [[trekschuit]] made day trips to Amsterdam possible in 1632, Hals also wooed wealthy ensigns of Amsterdam in 1633](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans Hals, left ensign detail - De magere compagnie.jpg?width=200 "When the [[trekschuit]] made day trips to Amsterdam possible in 1632, Hals also wooed wealthy ensigns of Amsterdam in 1633")
![advertises his portrait skills]] in 1636 to wealthy ensigns in Haarlem and Amsterdam](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rembrandt, The Standard-Bearer, 1636.jpg?width=200 "advertises his portrait skills]] in 1636 to wealthy ensigns in Haarlem and Amsterdam")
![Andries Stilte chose [[Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck]] in 1640 for the "Cloveniers" flag of the [[Haarlem schutterij]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer.jpg?width=200 "Andries Stilte chose [[Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck]] in 1640 for the \"Cloveniers\" flag of the [[Haarlem schutterij]]")
![Standard-bearer of [[Firefighters Corps of Paraná State]], Brazil](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diadobombero-parana.jpg?width=200 "Standard-bearer of [[Firefighters Corps of Paraná State]], Brazil")
![Prominent in the center of this popular print depicting the 1848 "[[Five Days of Milan]]", the Italian city's uprising against Austrian rule, is the standard-bearer raising aloft what was then a revolutionary flag and later became the [[flag of Italy]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cinque giornate di Milano.jpg?width=200 "Prominent in the center of this popular print depicting the 1848 \"[[Five Days of Milan]]\", the Italian city's uprising against Austrian rule, is the standard-bearer raising aloft what was then a revolutionary flag and later became the [[flag of Italy]].")
![Team USA marches in the parade of athletes around BC Place stadium during the opening Ceremony of the [[XXI Olympic Winter Games]], February 12, 2010, in [[Vancouver]] – The standard-bearer is [[Mark Grimmette]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Team USA at 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 2.jpg?width=200 "Team USA marches in the parade of athletes around BC Place stadium during the opening Ceremony of the [[XXI Olympic Winter Games]], February 12, 2010, in [[Vancouver]] – The standard-bearer is [[Mark Grimmette]].")
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(standard bearers)
If you describe someone as the standard bearer of a group, you mean that they act as the leader or public representative of a group of people who have the same aims or interests.
Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.
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standard-bearer
n.
Ensign (of infantry), cornet (of cavalry), color-sergeant.
Wikipedia
Standard-bearer
A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a formal, visual symbol of a state, prince, military unit, etc. This can either be an occasional duty, often seen as an honour (especially on parade), or a permanent charge (also on the battlefield); the second type has even led in certain cases to this task being reflected in official rank titles such as Ensign, Cornet and Fähnrich.
Examples of use of standard bearer
1. Taft (R–Ohio), the longtime conservative standard bearer, Sen.
2. The BBC remained the standard–bearer of morality.
3. Our media should be a standard bearer of peace and stability.
4. The leader looked every inch the handsome, clever, brilliantly fluent standard–bearer of 21st–century Toryism.
5. A Republican Party desperate for a conservative standard–bearer encouraged him to run.