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.
( figurative ) He became the standard-bearer for their cause because of his celebrity.
person who carries flag or banner
Armenian: դրոշակակիր (hy) ( drošakakir )
Bulgarian: знаменосец (bg) m ( znamenosec )
Buryat: тугша ( tugša )
Catalan: portaestendard m or f
Danish: fanebærer c ( infantry ) , fændrik c ( infantry )
French: porte-étendard (fr) m
Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) ( simaiofóros )
Greenlandic: erfalasulisartoq
Hindi: ध्वजवाहक ( dhvajvāhak ) , ध्वजी (hi) ( dhvajī ) , झंडाबरदार (hi) ( jhaṇḍābardār ) , झंडेदार ( jhaṇḍedār ) , झंडादार ( jhaṇḍādār ) , निशानची (hi) ( niśāncī ) , अलमबरदार (hi) ( almabardār ) , निशानबरदार ( niśānbardār ) , निशानदार ( niśāndār ) , अलमदार ( alamdār ) , पताकी (hi) ( patākī ) , ध्वजवाह ( dhvajvāh )
Italian: portabandiera (it)
Japanese: 旗手 (ja) ( きしゅ, kishu )
Kazakh: ту көтеруші ( tu köteruşı )
Latin: vexillārius m signifer m
Macedonian: знаме́носец m ( znaménosec ) , ба́јрактар m ( bájraktar ) ( archaic )
Old English: seġnbora m
Ottoman Turkish: سنجاقدار ( sancakdar ) , بیراقدار ( bayrakdar ) , علمدار ( ʿalemdar )
Persian: پرچمدار ( parčam-dâr )
Polish: poczet sztandarowy (pl) , chorąży (pl) m
Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m or f porta-estandarte (pt) m or f
Russian: знаменосец (ru) m ( znamenosec )
Spanish: abanderado (es) m abanderada (es) f portaestandarte m or f
Swedish: fanbärare (sv)
Tagalog: abanderado (tl)
Ukrainian: прапороно́сець (uk) m ( praporonósecʹ )
Welsh: banerwr m
