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idiomthe standard bearer ofsomeone who acts as the leader of a group of people who have the same aims or interests:Pastor Tokes appears to be the standard bearer of a young, more radical generation of clergymen.The spectre of Fascism helped to sustain the USSR's image as the standard bearer of the Left.NoteA 'standard' is the flag of an army put on a pole, and the person who carries it into a battle is the 'standard bearer'.
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