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gui·don

(gī′dŏn′, gīd′n)

1. A small flag or pennant carried as a standard by a military unit.

2. A soldier bearing such a flag or pennant.

[French, from Old French, from Old Italian guidone, from guidare, to guide, from Old Provençal guidar; see guide.]

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guidon

(ˈɡaɪdən)

1. (Military) a small pennant, used as a marker or standard, esp by cavalry regiments

2. (Military) the man or vehicle that carries this

[C16: from French, from Old Provençal guidoo, from guida guide]

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gui•don

(ˈgaɪd n)

n.

1. a small military flag carried as a guide for signaling or identification.

2. a soldier carrying a guidon.

[1540–50; < Middle French < Italian guidone=guid(are) to guide + -one n. suffix]

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A spear's length in front of them sat the spare and long-limbed figure of Black Simon, the Norwich fighting man, his fierce, deep-lined face framed in steel, and the silk guidon marked with the five scarlet roses slanting over his right shoulder.

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He is extending an open invitation to any unit looking to retire their colours, (Including RCMP guidons), to consider Beechwood's Hall of Colours as a final resting place.

REFLECTING ON THE HALL OF COLOURS

De courageux conducteurs d'"ojek" (motos-taxis) tentaient de pousser leur mobylette dans les eaux limoneuses, d'oE ne depassaient que les guidons.