English
Noun
flag carrier (plural flag carriers)
- A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
- Synonyms: flag-bearer, standard-bearer
- (politics) A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.
- Synonyms: flag-bearer, standard-bearer
- "Bill was the flag carrier of the movement to improve inner city education."
- (business) A transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is registered in a given state.
- (aviation) A national airline (typically having the flag, or other national insignia, on the tail).
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.
- (military, nautical) An aircraft carrier serving as a flagship.
Translations
person carrying a standard or flag
- Albanian: mbajtës (sq) m, bajraktar (sq)
- Arabic: حَامِلُ رَايَة (ḥāmilu rāya)
- Azerbaijani: bayraqdar (az)
- Armenian: դրոշակակիր (hy) (drošakakir)
- Bulgarian: знаменосец (bg) m (znamenosec), байрактар (bg) m (bajraktar) (dated)
- Buryat: тугша (tugša)
- Catalan: portaestendard m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 旗手 (zh) (qíshǒu)
- Czech: vlajkonoš (cs) m, praporečník m
- Danish: fanebærer c (infantry), fændrik c (infantry), flagbærer c
- Dutch: vaandeldrager (nl) m, vlaggendrager m
- Finnish: lipunkantaja (fi)
- French: porte-étendard (fr) m, porte-drapeau (fr)
- German: Fahnenträger (de) m, Flaggenträger m
- Greek: σημαιοφόρος (el) (simaiofóros)
- Greenlandic: erfalasulisartoq
- Hindi: ध्वजवाहक (dhvajvāhak), ध्वजी (hi) (dhvajī), झंडाबरदार (hi) (jhaṇḍābardār), झंडेदार (jhaṇḍedār), झंडादार (jhaṇḍādār), निशानची (hi) (niśāncī), अलमबरदार (hi) (almabardār), निशानबरदार (niśānbardār), निशानदार (niśāndār), अलमदार (alamdār), पताकी (hi) (patākī), ध्वजवाह (dhvajvāh)
- Hungarian: zászlóvivő (hu)
- Italian: portabandiera (it)
- Irish: iompróir brataí m
- Japanese: 旗手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
- Kazakh: ту көтеруші (tu köteruşı)
- Latin: vexillārius m, signifer m
- Macedonian: знаме́носец m (znaménosec), ба́јрактар m (bájraktar) (archaic)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: flaggbærer m
- Nynorsk: flaggberar m
- Old English: seġnbora m
- Ottoman Turkish: سنجاقدار (sancakdar), بیراقدار (bayrakdar), علمدار (ʿalemdar)
- Persian: پرچمدار (parčam-dâr)
- Polish: poczet sztandarowy (pl), chorąży (pl) m
- Portuguese: porta-bandeira (pt) m or f, porta-estandarte (pt) m or f
- Romanian: portdrapel (ro) m, stegar (ro) m
- Russian: знаменосец (ru) m (znamenosec), флагоно́сец m (flagonósec)
- Slovak: vlajkonosič m
- Spanish: abanderado (es) m, abanderada (es) f, portaestandarte m or f
- Swedish: fanbärare (sv) c
- Tagalog: abanderado (tl)
- Turkish: bayraktar (tr)
- Turkmen: baýrakdar
- Ukrainian: прапороно́сець (uk) m (praporonósecʹ)
- Urdu: عَلَم بَرْدَار m ('alam bardār)
- Uyghur: بايراقدار (bayraqdar)
- Uzbek: bayroqdor (uz)
- Welsh: banerwr m
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politics: most staunch supporter of a cause
- Bulgarian: знаменосец (bg) m (znamenosec), байрактар (bg) m (bajraktar) (dated)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 旗手 (zh) (qíshǒu)
- Czech: vlajkonoš (cs) m
- Finnish: lipunkantaja (fi)
- Hindi: ध्वजवाहक (dhvajvāhak), ध्वजी (hi) (dhvajī), झंडाबरदार (hi) (jhaṇḍābardār), झंडेदार (jhaṇḍedār), झंडादार (jhaṇḍādār), निशानची (hi) (niśāncī), अलमबरदार (hi) (almabardār), निशानबरदार (niśānbardār), निशानदार (niśāndār), अलमदार (alamdār), पताकी (hi) (patākī), ध्वजवाह (dhvajvāh)
- Hungarian: zászlóvivő (hu)
- Italian: promotore (it) m, patrocinatore (it) m, organizzatore (it) m, fautore (it) m
- Spanish: abanderado (es) m
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business: transportation company that is registered
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aviation: national airline
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military, nautical: aircraft carrier serving as a flagship
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