as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling each army command unit flew a different color guidon, though they were all the same shape

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Recent Examples of guidon Ramona Cadet Zito earned the position of guide for 3rd Platoon and marched in carrying the platoon’s guidon. Cadet Nadeen Willat, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025 The next night, Ahmed's toes were crushed with a guidon. Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
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Noun
  • Protesters waving Iranian flags and holding placards declared that Pezeshkian did not represent the Iranian people.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag on stage at a November 2024 Kneecap concert in London.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The alert lists the products' names, UPC numbers, sizes, sell-through dates, store banner names and states for the affected products.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Season 1 star Gyllenhaal executive produces under his Nine Stories banner.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Guidon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guidon. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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