standard-bearer
A person who heads up a particular movement or group is its standard-bearer. The President of your French club is the ideal standard-bearer, with her beret and that perfect accent.
A standard-bearer leads an organization, but also represents it. If a news story says that a new member of Congress is a standard-bearer for young conservatives, that means she speaks for many politicians who share those beliefs and is seen as a leader among them. This meaning comes from the original definition, "a soldier carrying (or bearing) the flag of a specific military unit or state."
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an influential leader or representative of an organization, cause, movement, political party, or the like
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a soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battlesynonyms: color bearertype of:soldieran enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
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The Continental Congress adopted the resolution for the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, but the first claim of a Flag Day celebration was not until 1861 in Hartford, CT. For nearly a century after this, many attempts increased the popularity of June 14 Flag Day commemorations. However, it was not until 1949 that Congress approved — and President Harry Truman signed into law — the national Flag Day observance.
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