flag-bearer

See also: flagbearer

English

Etymology

flag +‎ bearer

Alternative forms

Noun

flag-bearer (plural flag-bearers)

One who carries a flag, especially at a ceremony.
One who openly promotes an idea or value and becomes symbolic for it.
- 2012, The Economist, 22nd Sep., The Guardian's future: unguarded
  The Guardian’s editor, Alan Rusbridger, has been a flag-bearer for “open journalism”, which invites input from readers.

Translations

one who carries a flag

Albanian: bajraktar (sq)
Bulgarian: байрактар (bg) m (bajraktar), байрактари (bg) m pl (bajraktari)
Czech: vlajkonoš m
French: porte-drapeau (fr)
German: Fahnenträger (de) m
Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) (simaiofóros)
Italian: portabandiera (it)

Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m, f, porta-estandarte (pt) m, f
Romanian: portdrapel (ro) m, stegar (ro) m
Russian: флагоно́сец m (flagonósec)
Spanish: abanderado (es) m, abanderada (es) f, abanderados (es) m pl, abanderadas (es) f pl
Swedish: fanbärare (sv) c
Turkish: bayraktar (tr)

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