Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Guidon

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Guidon


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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) One who carries a flag.

(3):

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