Thesaurus results for GUIDON

guidon

noun

ˈgī-ˌdän

as in flag

a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling each army command unit flew a different color guidon, though they were all the same shape

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Recent Examples of guidon Ramona Cadet Zito earned the position of guide for 3rd Platoon and marched in carrying the platoon’s guidon. —

Cadet Nadeen Willat, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025 The next night, Ahmed's toes were crushed with a guidon. —

Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017

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Noun

The kit features black shorts and the signature red and white striped jersey, while off-the-field gear includes black hoodies, T-shirts and baseball hats, in addition to scarves evoking the bloke-core aesthetics, and a flag.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.

— Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026