guidon

Example Sentences

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Typing this now, I stare at a framed dusty unit guidon, the pennant that once flew over that isolated sandbagged base of ours and was gifted to me by my soldiers.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020

Dating to an era when the museum took in a variety of natural history and historical items, the guidon was sold because it did not fit with the museum's focus on art, Beal said.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Cavalry flag -- known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape -- had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

In massed squares battalion after battalion of Japanese infantry goose-stepped across the parade ground, each with its fluttering sunburst guidon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The quarter moon was not providing much light, so I trained my pen-size flashlight on the guidon.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore