See signifer on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2013, Lucy Koechlin, Corruption as an Empty Signifier, page 252:",
"text": "Although 'corruption' is still a dominant signifier in the public realm, it has all but disappeared from the public articulations of professional associations.",
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"text": "\"sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam.\" (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)"
}
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"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.585–586",
"text": "signa, decus bellī, Parthus Rōmāna tenēbat,\nRōmānaeque aquilae signifer hostis erat.\nThe Roman [military] standards – the glory of war – a Parthian was holding, and the standard-bearer of the Roman eagle was an enemy.\n(See: Phraates V; aquilifer; signifer.)"
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}
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