flag-bearer

See also: flagbearer

English

Alternative forms

• flagbearer, flag bearer

Etymology

From flag +‎ bearer.

Noun

flag-bearer (plural flag-bearers)

1. One who carries a flag, especially at a ceremony.

   Synonyms: flag carrier, standard-bearer

   • 2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated.

2. One who openly promotes an idea or value and becomes symbolic for it.
   • 2012 September 22, “The Guardian's future: unguarded”, in The Economist:

     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: mbajtës (sq) m, bajraktar (sq)
• Arabic: حَامِلُ رَايَة (ḥāmilu rāya)
• Azerbaijani: bayraqdar (az)
• Bulgarian: байрактар (bg) m (bajraktar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vlajkonoš (cs) m, praporečník m
• Danish: flagbærer c
• Dutch: vaandeldrager (nl) m, vlaggendrager m
• Finnish: lipunkantaja (fi)
• French: porte-drapeau (fr)
• German: Fahnenträger (de) m, Flaggenträger m
• Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) (simaiofóros)
• Hindi: ध्वजवाहक (dhvajvāhak), ध्वजी (hi) (dhvajī), झंडाबरदार (hi) (jhaṇḍābardār), झंडेदार (jhaṇḍedār), झंडादार (jhaṇḍādār), निशानची (hi) (niśāncī), अलमबरदार (hi) (almabardār), निशानबरदार (niśānbardār), निशानदार (niśāndār), अलमदार (alamdār), पताकी (hi) (patākī), ध्वजवाह (dhvajvāh)
• Hungarian: zászlóvivő (hu)
• Irish: iompróir brataí m
• Italian: portabandiera (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flaggbærer m

  Nynorsk: flaggberar m

• Ottoman Turkish: سنجاقدار (sancakdar), بیراقدار (bayrakdar), علمدار (ʿalemdar)
• Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m or f, porta-estandarte (pt) m or f
• Romanian: portdrapel (ro) m, stegar (ro) m
• Russian: флагоно́сец m (flagonósec)
• Slovak: vlajkonosič m
• Spanish: abanderado (es) m, abanderada (es) f, portaestandarte m or f
• Swedish: fanbärare (sv) c
• Turkish: bayraktar (tr)
• Turkmen: baýrakdar
• Urdu: عَلَم بَرْدَار m ('alam bardār)
• Uyghur: بايراقدار (bayraqdar)
• Uzbek: bayroqdor (uz)

one who openly promotes an idea or value and becomes symbolic for it

• Czech: vlajkonoš (cs) m
• Finnish: lipunkantaja (fi)
• Hindi: ध्वजवाहक (dhvajvāhak), ध्वजी (hi) (dhvajī), झंडाबरदार (hi) (jhaṇḍābardār), झंडेदार (jhaṇḍedār), झंडादार (jhaṇḍādār), निशानची (hi) (niśāncī), अलमबरदार (hi) (almabardār), निशानबरदार (niśānbardār), निशानदार (niśāndār), अलमदार (alamdār), पताकी (hi) (patākī), ध्वजवाह (dhvajvāh)
• Hungarian: zászlóvivő (hu)
• Italian: promotore (it) m, patrocinatore (it) m, organizzatore (it) m, fautore (it) m
• Spanish: abanderado (es) m

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