Guidon may refer to:
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Flags
* Guidon, a type of
heraldic flag
In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coat of arms, coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification.
Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, ...
* Guidon, a military flag – see
Colours, standards and guidons
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 year ...
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Guidon (United States)
In the United States Armed Forces, a guidon is a Military colours, standards and guidons, military standard or flag that company (military unit), company/battery/troop or platoon-sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and bran ...
, a military standard or flag in the United States military and Coast Guard
People
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Giachem Guidon
Giachem Guidon (born 4 September 1961 in Bever) is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1994. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and his ...
(born 1961), Swiss former cross-country skier
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Niède Guidon
Niède Guidon () (12 March 1933 – 4 June 2025) was a Brazilian archaeologist known for her work in pre-historic archeology of South American civilizations and her efforts to secure the conservation of the World Heritage Site Serra da Capivara ...
(1933–2025), Brazilian archaeologist
* Shimiray Mwissa Guidon, leader of
Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated
Nduma Defense of Congo—Renovated () is a Congolese rebel group operating in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a splinter faction of the Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC) and controls large parts of the North Kivu province, and has ...
, a militia group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from 2014 to 2021
Other uses
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Guidon (music)
A direct, also referred to by some English speaking musicians by its Italian name guida, its French name guidon, its German name wächter, or its Latin name custos, is a musical symbol used in music notation to indicate the first note on the next ...
, a music notation symbol that is similar to a catchword in literature
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, a military rank equivalent to ensign
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The GUIDON'', the student newspaper of Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
See also
* Guidon Club, an anti-suffragette club founded by
Helen Kendrick Johnson
Helen Kendrick Johnson (January 4, 1844 – January 3, 1917) was an American writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's suffrage movement.
Early life
Helen Kendrick was born in Hamilton, New York to Asahel Clark Kendrick, a pro ...
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Guidon Games
Guidon Games produced board games and rulebooks for wargaming with miniatures, and in doing so influenced Tactical Studies Rules (later TSR, Inc.), the publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Guidon Games'' publishing imprint was the propert ...
, an American wargames publisher
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Anita Moen
Anita Moen (born 31 August 1967), sometimes credited as Anita Moen-Guidon, is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won five medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 1994, 1998, ...
-Guidon (born 1967), Norwegian former cross-country skier
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