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1) French word used in English
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[United States] In the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, a guidon is a military standard that company or platoon-sized elements carry to signify their unit designation and corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but sometimes has a triangular portion removed fr...
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pennant with rounded outer edge
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• (v. t.) A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon. • (v. t.) One of a co...
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(from the article `flag`) ...were square or oblong and were borne in action (as the standard was not) before royal and noble warriors down to the rank of knight banneret. ...
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1. In the U.S. military, a small swallowtailed flag used by formations below the battalion level (company, battery, troop, platoon, detachment). It is a small flag carried at the front or right of a military unit to guide marchers. 2. Any small swallowtail.
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Gui'don noun [ French
guidon , Italian
guidone . See
Guide ,
transitive verb ]
1. A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infan...
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a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification. · the soldier carrying it. Cf. colorbearer.
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