Adam struck at the standard-bearer and brought him reeling forward. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert K. Chesterton His standard-bearer was killed at his side, and the standard thrown down. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 J. Endell Tyler King Harald rode at the front of his army with his standard-bearer beside him.
Definition. A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.efinition. A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.
predâ²icate adâ²jective. an adjective that is used in the predicate with a copulative or factitive verb and has the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as sick in He is sick or It made him sick. [1880â85].1  Facebook. the nominative points to the 'permanent' or 'inherent' character of the property predicated by the adjective, for predicate nominals the use of the nominative indicates class-membership, which is, in some way, essential to the subject.