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- noun Plural form of
guidon .
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Examples
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Of five guidons carried by Custer's battalion, only one was recovered.
Custer's last flag sells for less than expected at auction 2010
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The pikemen moved forward, flowing over the ground like the glinting waves of a river of molten steel; the knights cantered forward, lances lifted, guidons streaming.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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Their shields were unadorned, their long lances without guidons.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Their shields were unadorned, their long lances without guidons.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The pikemen moved forward, flowing over the ground like the glinting waves of a river of molten steel; the knights cantered forward, lances lifted, guidons streaming.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The pikemen moved forward, flowing over the ground like the glinting waves of a river of molten steel; the knights cantered forward, lances lifted, guidons streaming.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Some of the monkitos carried the standards, banners, ensigns, guidons, and colours into their cells and chambers to make garters of them.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Some of the monkitos carried the standards, banners, ensigns, guidons, and colours into their cells and chambers to make garters of them.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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For the cornets, guidons, and ensign-bearers had laid down their standards, banners, and colours by the wall sides: the drummers had knocked out the heads of their drums on one end to fill them with grapes: the trumpeters were loaded with great bundles of bunches and huge knots of clusters: in sum, everyone of them was out of array, and all in disorder.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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For the cornets, guidons, and ensign-bearers had laid down their standards, banners, and colours by the wall sides: the drummers had knocked out the heads of their drums on one end to fill them with grapes: the trumpeters were loaded with great bundles of bunches and huge knots of clusters: in sum, everyone of them was out of array, and all in disorder.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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