flagman

Noun

1. A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
   • At the approach to Southampton Terminus, double track branches off to the left, runs alongside the platforms and then cuts across Canute Road on an open crossing under the protection of a flagman. - 1959 February, G....
2. A man who raises a flag.
   • "The Bands played the National Anthem and the Royal Standard was cracked by the Flagman and flown beside the clocktower at the top of the Horse Guards...