0 the person or thing that seems to lead a group of people having similar ideas or moral opinions: --
Mr Everhart wants Caltech to be the standard-bearer for excellence in scientific research of all kinds.
As a result the standard-bearer lowered the standard, which was incorrectly perceived by the troops as a sign of submission.
The flag was carried by a personal standard-bearer at all public occasions.
The office was sometimes the same as that of the standard-bearer or "signifer".
To the contrary, the number of media options is so overwhelming that there almost needs to be a default standard-bearer....
Junior officers attested are a "signifer" (standard-bearer), "tesserarius" (watch officer) and a "tubicen" (trumpeter).
This collection is the standard-bearer of essential material by this often overlooked but excellent country-rock band.
Renaud, running as the party's standard-bearer, received 485 votes (3.18%) for a fourth-place finish.
Fulk was unhorsed and his standard-bearer was felled.
