GUIDON


Meaning of GUIDON in English

/guyd"n/ , n. Mil.

1. a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification.

2. the soldier carrying it. Cf. colorbearer .

[ 1540-50; guidone, equiv. to guid ( are ) to GUIDE + -one n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .