guidon
a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification.
the soldier carrying it.
Origin of guidon
1- Compare colorbearer.
Words Nearby guidon
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How to use guidon in a sentence
We had H guidon with us which was one of the flags that was the first in Richmond.
The general in command made the whole army defile past their guidon, and salute it with sloped standards.
Guy Livingstone; | George A. LawrenceThe sight of it roused his energies, as the shaking of a guidon rouses an old trooper.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." | G.J. Whyte-MelvilleThe captain gives any desired special instructions to the guidon and sees that proper measures for security are taken.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.The facings of the regiment being crimson the first guidon was, as usual, of that hue.
Chats on Military Curios | Stanley C. Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for guidon
/ (ˈɡaɪdən) /
a small pennant, used as a marker or standard, esp by cavalry regiments
the man or vehicle that carries this
Origin of guidon
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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