guidon
n.
(Military) small army flag indicating the regiment or unit; soldier who carries a guidon
Guidon
guidon (m)
n.
handlebar, guidon, foresight; bead, pennant
Guidon
(v. t.)
One who carries a flag.
(v. t.)
One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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