What does standard-bearer mean?

standard-bearer means "an outstanding leader of a political movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in standard-bearer?

standard-bearer has 4 syllables: stan-dard--bear-er. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /ˈstændɚdˈbɛɹɚ/.

What is another word for standard-bearer?

Close synonyms include color bearer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is standard-bearer a common word?

standard-bearer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with standard-bearer?

2 words rhyme with standard-bearer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

standard-bearer — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an outstanding leader of a political movement
Broaderpolitician
2.
the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
Synonymscolor bearer
Broadersoldier
military

Questions about standard-bearer

What does standard-bearer mean?: standard-bearer means "an outstanding leader of a political movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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