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guidon

/gahyd-n/US // ˈgaɪd n //UK // (ˈɡaɪdən) //

指南针,指引,准则,指南

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Military.

    • : a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification.
    • : the soldier carrying it.

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Examples

  • We had H guidon with us which was one of the flags that was the first in Richmond.

  • The general in command made the whole army defile past their guidon, and salute it with sloped standards.

  • The sight of it roused his energies, as the shaking of a guidon rouses an old trooper.

  • The captain gives any desired special instructions to the guidon and sees that proper measures for security are taken.

  • The facings of the regiment being crimson the first guidon was, as usual, of that hue.