"guidon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡaɪdn̩/ [General-American], /ˈɡaɪdɑn/ [General-American], /ˈɡaɪdn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡaɪdɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: guidons [plural]
enPR: gīʹdən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From French guidon, from Italian guidone. Equivalent of guide + on. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|guidon}} French guidon, {{der|en|it|guidone}} Italian guidone, {{compound|en|guide|on|}} guide + on Head templates: {{en-noun}} guidon (plural guidons)
  1. A small pennant or banner carried by infantry soldiers to direct troop movement. Categories (topical): Flags Translations (pennant, banner): guidon [masculine] (French), Truppenfahne [feminine] (German), Guidon [neuter] (German), pataka (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-guidon-en-noun-syb8VjtZ Disambiguation of Flags: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'pennant, banner': 64 36
  2. A soldier assigned to carry such a banner. Categories (topical): Flags Translations (soldier assigned to carry a guidon): guidon [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-guidon-en-noun-EeDX4QWP Disambiguation of Flags: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'soldier assigned to carry a guidon': 14 86

Inflected forms

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