Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the United States army, a guard attached to each infantry battalion, having charge of the national and regimental colors.
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Examples
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It looked like an ad for laundry detergent–one had been washed multiple times in a cheap detergent, and the other had been washed in color-guard Cheer.
Oscar Leaves Out Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur | Manolith 2010
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Over the years I have pretty much proven that I am not a very good soccer mom, color-guard mom, basketball mom, volleyball mom, gymnastics mom or cheer mom.
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Over the years I have pretty much proven that I am not a very good soccer mom, color-guard mom, basketball mom, volleyball mom, gymnastics mom or cheer mom.
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“He must have heard me wrong,” Christy said, furious that the weasel wearing the fake Austrian color-guard uniform was, in truth, a spy for the board.
Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007
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“He must have heard me wrong,” Christy said, furious that the weasel wearing the fake Austrian color-guard uniform was, in truth, a spy for the board.
Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007
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We of the Second division looked with admiration upon the advancing line; our flag -- it was the flag of the Sixth Maine -- in advance of the others, its brave color-guard bounding forward, then halting a moment while the men came up, then dashing forward again, and finally gaining the heights before us all!
Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens
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Grimes, running it against Pip and Billy, while the "infantry" rushed ahead, each on his own hook, the color-bearer and the color-guard trying to get into place somewhere.
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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Juggie was a color-bearer, and at the same time a color-guard of one appeared in the shape of Tony, flourishing Aunt Stanshy's clothes-stick.
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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At this moment the color-guard marched up to receive the regimental flags.
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams
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Their ranks, thinned by the fortunes of battle, and still more by the disgraceful skulking which had become so universal, the worn and weary appearance of the men, their flags, each surrounded by only enough men to constitute a respectable color-guard, all showed that even the hard experiences of the Army of the Potomac had never had so demoralizing an effect as this.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens
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