Definition of "color-bearer" [color-bearer]

• One who bears a flag; an officer or a soldier who carries the colors. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "While America honors the legacy of civil rights color-bearer Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., it is ironic that President Obama betrays his memory."
• "In the assault on Fort Wagner, when the color-bearer was shot down, Sergeant Carney rescued the Union flag."
• "Their officers kept their men from firing, however, but meanwhile a single-handed contest had begun behind me, for on looking back I heard a Confederate soldier demanding my battle-flag from the color-bearer, thinking, no doubt, that we were coming in as prisoners."