GUIDON

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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. The pendants and guidons were carried by the officer of the army. Evelyn.

2.
n.

One who carries a flag. Johnson.

3.
n.

One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.


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