While Dutch generally refers to the language as a whole, Belgian varieties are sometimes collectively referred to as  Flemish . In both Belgium and the Netherlands, the native official name for Dutch is Nederlands, and its dialects have their own names, e.g.n Europe, Dutch is the majority language in the Netherlands (96%) and Belgium (59%) as well as a minority language in Germany and France. Though Belgium as a whole is multilingual, the two regions into which the country is divided (Flanders, Wallonia) are largely monolingual.
Definition of 'standard bearer'. standard bearer also standard-bearer. If you describe someone as the standard bearer of a group, you mean that they act as the leader or public representative of a group of people who have the same aims or interests. Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.
A bearer bond or bearer security is a certificate that represents a bond obligation of, or stock in, a corporation or other intangible property. It has been illegal to issue bearer bonds in the municipal or corporate markets in the United States since 1982. Wyoming and Nevada still allow them, however their typical uses of shifting ownership to avoid legal obligations run afoul of tax rules.