From flag + bearer.
flag-bearer (plural flag-bearers)
- 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.
- 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.
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)
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