standard-bearer

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Or how shall he trim his sails when a contemptuous Standard-bearer, strangely uninformed on the point, ignores, as a leader of any repute, "one Gerard," a former famous Captain of the Herbal fleet?

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

The Standard-bearer has lowered his colours before the foe who alone is invincible.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Cæsar shortly afterwards changed his cardinal’s hat for a helmet, and was with much pomp and magnificence consecrated Gonfalonier, or Standard-bearer of the Holy See.

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

Richard, Earl of Clare, demanded his guerdon of five shillings for the office of Standard-bearer of St. Edmund.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

They, to please their leaders, exclaimed among themselves, "Standard-bearer, hasten on; follow, soldier."

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus