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  • noun Alternative spelling of flag-bearer.

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Examples

  • Roddick, the main flagbearer for American men in recent years and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, beat France's Julien Benneteau, 22-year-old Young followed with a one-sided win over 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina and Isner beat compatriot Alex Bogomolov to reach the fourth round.

    American men enjoy success at U.S. Open The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Some protest that while he gets to be a high-minded flagbearer for the free internet with Wikipedia – he insists that although he could make something in the region of $5billion from it, he has never ever been tempted – Wikia in effect piggybacks on the reputation built up by the legions of unpaid contributors to the encyclopedia, and thus ruthlessly exploits them.

    The Saturday interview: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales 2011

  • Roddick, the main flagbearer for American men in recent years and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, beat France's Julien Benneteau, 22-year-old Young followed with a one-sided win over 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina and Isner beat compatriot Alex Bogomolov to reach the fourth round.

    American men enjoy success at U.S. Open Reuters 2011

  • She illuminates the religion and the beauty in its art forms, making her Haiti's fiercest flagbearer.

    Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

  • The extreme right wing nuts would determine who the GOP flagbearer would be come 2012, sorry it won't be you Pawlenty!

    Pawlenty heads to important presidential primary state 2009

  • Roddick, the main flagbearer for American men in recent years and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, beat France's Julien Benneteau, 22-year-old Young followed with a one-sided win over 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina and Isner beat compatriot Alex Bogomolov to reach the fourth round.

    American men enjoy success at U.S. Open Reuters 2011

  • Roddick, the main flagbearer for American men in recent years and the 2003 U.S. Open champion, beat France's Julien Benneteau, 22-year-old Young followed with a one-sided win over 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina and Isner beat compatriot Alex Bogomolov to reach the fourth round.

    American men enjoy success at U.S. Open The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • She illuminates the religion and the beauty in its art forms, making her Haiti's fiercest flagbearer.

    Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

  • Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Greece's flagbearer, biathlete and cross-country skier Athanassios Tsakiris, led the country's delegation into the stadium.

    Vancouver's Opening 2010

  • Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Greece's flagbearer, biathlete and cross-country skier Athanassios Tsakiris, led the country's delegation into the stadium.

    Vancouver's Opening 2010

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