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Use "flagbearer" in a sentence
"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."
"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 extreme right wing nuts would determine who the GOP flagbearer would be come 2012, sorry it won't be you Pawlenty!"