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Definition of Guidon
1. n. A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.
Definition of Guidon
1. Noun. A small pennant or banner carried by infantry soldiers to direct troop movement. ¹
2. Noun. A soldier assigned to carry such a banner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guidon
1. a small flag [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guidon
Literary usage of Guidon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1911)
"Each troop of cavalry will have a silken guidon, cut swallow-tailed, ... Each troop
will also have a service guidon, made of bunting or other suitable ..."
2. Military Signal Corps Manual (1918)
"The lance of the guidon is held vertically in the right hand, ... The position
of order guidon.—The ferrule of the lance rests on the ground on a line with ..."
3. Flags of the World by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1917)
"This is the guidon used by each troop of cavalry. The figure shows the regiment
and the letter the troop. 24. The guidon of the field artillery is ..."
4. The Law of General Average: English and Foreign by Richard Lowndes, Edward Louis De Hart, George Rupert Rudolf, William Robertson Coe (1912)
"The utility of the rule of general average thus no doubt explains its universality
and permanence. Coming now to a much later period, between the guidon deU ..."
5. Exciting Experiences in Our Wars with Spain and the Filipinos by Marshall Everett (1900)
"PLANTED ROUGH RIDERS' guidon ON SAN JUAN'S RAMPART. Si, , ISTORY records that
some of our greatest Generals say the best soldiers are the very young men or ..."
6. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"... and of a considerably later date, is the guidon de la Mer, drawn up toward
the close of the sixteenth guidon century, probably at the instance of the ..."
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