standard-bearer in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for standard-bearer in the English»French Dictionary

standard-bearer N MIL

standard-bearer fig

porte-drapeau m

Translations for standard-bearer in the French»English Dictionary

porte-étendard <pl porte-étendard, porte-étendards> [pɔʀtetɑ̃daʀ] N m

porte-étendard

standard-bearer

porte-drapeau <pl porte-drapeau, porte-drapeaux> [pɔʀt(ə)dʀapo] N m lit, fig

porte-drapeau

standard-bearer

standard-bearer in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for standard-bearer in the English»French Dictionary

standard-bearer N a. fig

standard-bearer

porte-drapeau m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The eagle was borne by the "aquilifer", the legion's most senior standard-bearer.

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It was perhaps worn by an officer or standard-bearer who intended its imposing appearance to intimidate his enemies on the battlefield.

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The flag was carried by a personal standard-bearer at all public occasions.

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To the contrary, the number of media options is so overwhelming that there almost needs to be a default standard-bearer....

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The office was sometimes the same as that of the standard-bearer or "signifer".

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This collection is the standard-bearer of essential material by this often overlooked but excellent country-rock band.

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He had under him two junior officers, the optiones, each of whom had a standard-bearer, or vexillarius.

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He usually carried the standard or nominated a standard-bearer.

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He became known as a standard-bearer for the revival of popular literature in the postwar period.

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As a result the standard-bearer lowered the standard, which was incorrectly perceived by the troops as a sign of submission.

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