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colorbearer

colorbearer noun: a soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.

Noun

colorbearer (plural colorbearers)

  1. A soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.

Forms of colorbearer

pluralcolorbearers

Origin of colorbearer

From color + bearer.

Questions about colorbearer

What does colorbearer mean?
Colorbearer means a soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.
What part of speech is colorbearer?
Colorbearer is a noun.
What is the plural of colorbearer?
The plural of colorbearer is colorbearers.

Words near colorbearer in the dictionary

  1. coloratura
  2. coloratura soprano
  3. coloraturas
  4. colorature
  5. coloratures
  6. colorbearer
  7. colorbearers
  8. colorblind
  9. colorblindness
  10. colorbound
  11. colorbred

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