standard-bearer

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They, to please their leaders, exclaimed among themselves, "Standard-bearer, hasten on; follow, soldier."

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

Here was fought a wager of battle between Robert de Montford, appellant, and Henry de Essex, hereditary Standard-bearer of the kings of England, defendant, by command, and in the presence of Henry the Second.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various

The soldiers, to please their leaders, exclaimed among themselves: "Standard-bearer, hasten; follow, soldier."

From Roman History, Books I-III by Livius, Titus

Richard, Earl of Clare, demanded his guerdon of five shillings for the office of Standard-bearer of St. Edmund.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

It was a stupid erection of brickwork and mortar, with a bronze tablet let into the middle, recording for posterity the heroic deeds of Standard-bearer Fritz von Sellenthin at the battle of Hohenfriedberg.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann