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flag carrier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
2. A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.
   • Bill was the flag carrier of the movement to improve inner city education.
3. A transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is registered in a given state.
4. A national airline (typically having the flag, or other national insignia, on the tail).
   • I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier. 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:
5. An aircraft carrier serving as a flagship.

Forms

Synonyms

standard-bearer · flag-bearer · standard-bearer · flag-bearer

Translations (103)

hi झंडेदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi निशानदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · ru знаменосец (person carrying a standard or flag) · cs vlajkonoš (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi निशानची (person carrying a standard or flag) · fi lipunkantaja (person carrying a standard or flag) · pt porta-bandeira (person carrying a standard or flag) · es abanderada (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi अलमदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · es abanderado (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl sztandarowy (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi ध्वजवाहक (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · es abanderado (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · sq mbajtës (person carrying a standard or flag) · uz bayroqdor (person carrying a standard or flag) · nl vlaggendrager (person carrying a standard or flag) · ug بايراقدار (person carrying a standard or flag) · kk ту көтеруші (person carrying a standard or flag) · ro portdrapel (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi झंडादार (person carrying a standard or flag) · ja 旗手 (person carrying a standard or flag) · sq bajraktar (person carrying a standard or flag) · es portaestandarte (person carrying a standard or flag) · pt porta-estandarte (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi अलमदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi निशानबरदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · cs praporečník (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl przewoźnik pod banderą (business: transportation company that is registered) · it patrocinatore (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · de Fahnenträger (person carrying a standard or flag) · da flagbærer (person carrying a standard or flag) · el σημαιοφόρος (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi झंडाबरदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · sk vlajkonosič (person carrying a standard or flag) · da fændrik (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi ध्वजी (person carrying a standard or flag) · tl abanderado (person carrying a standard or flag) · hu zászlóvivő (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi झंडेदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · mk ба́јрактар (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi अलमबरदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · nb flaggbærer (person carrying a standard or flag) · la vexillārius (person carrying a standard or flag) · de Flaggenträger (person carrying a standard or flag) · hy դրոշակակիր (person carrying a standard or flag) · fr porte-drapeau (person carrying a standard or flag) · ur عَلَم بَرْدَار (person carrying a standard or flag) · bg байрактар (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl narodowa linia lotnicza (aviation: national airline) · hi ध्वजवाह (person carrying a standard or flag) · fa پرچمدار (person carrying a standard or flag) · ru флагоно́сец (person carrying a standard or flag) · cs vlajkonoš (person carrying a standard or flag) · la signifer (person carrying a standard or flag) · bg байрактар (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · it fautore (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi ध्वजी (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi झंडादार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · sv fanbärare (person carrying a standard or flag) · it organizzatore (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · cmn 旗手 (person carrying a standard or flag) · ar حَامِلُ رَايَة (person carrying a standard or flag) · da fanebærer (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl orędowniczka (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · it portabandiera (person carrying a standard or flag) · nl vaandeldrager (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi निशानची (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi पताकी (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · ro stegar (person carrying a standard or flag) · kl erfalasulisartoq (person carrying a standard or flag) · ca portaestendard (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi निशानबरदार (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · ota سنجاقدار (person carrying a standard or flag) · uk прапороно́сець (person carrying a standard or flag) · mk знаме́носец (person carrying a standard or flag) · bg знаменосец (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi झंडाबरदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · cmn 旗手 (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · pl poczet sztandarowy (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl chorąży (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl orędownik (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · bg знаменосец (person carrying a standard or flag) · ang seġnbora (person carrying a standard or flag) · tr bayraktar (person carrying a standard or flag) · ota علمدار (person carrying a standard or flag) · fr porte-étendard (person carrying a standard or flag) · cy banerwr (person carrying a standard or flag) · ga iompróir brataí (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi ध्वजवाह (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi अलमबरदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · fi lipunkantaja (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · bua тугша (person carrying a standard or flag) · hu zászlóvivő (person carrying a standard or flag) · nn flaggberar (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl chorąży (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · pl flagowiec (military, nautical: aircraft carrier serving as a flagship) · az bayraqdar (person carrying a standard or flag) · hi निशानदार (person carrying a standard or flag) · it promotore (politics: most staunch supporter of a cause) · hi ध्वजवाहक (person carrying a standard or flag) · pl okręt flagowy (military, nautical: aircraft carrier serving as a flagship) · hi पताकी (person carrying a standard or flag) · ota بیراقدار (person carrying a standard or flag)