The phrase "standard bearer" means someone who sets an example or represents a particular cause or ideology. They carry or lead a symbolic flag known as a standard, showing others the values and beliefs they stand for. Full definition
Well - known San Pedro resident and active community leader, Baldemar Graniel Sr. announced his candidacy for standard bearer for Belize Rural South. (ambergrisCaye.com)
Since that campaign, he clearly felt comfortable neither in the role of standard bearer of the Left, nor in the Commons (leading the the Daily Mail to describe him as «an almost total nonentity in the Chamber «-RRB-. (leftfutures.org)
With Mitt Romney's nomination as the GOP standard bearer in the fall all but assured, New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox announced this afternoon he would back the former Massachusetts governor. (nystateofpolitics.com)