[a. med.L. vexillātor, f. vexillum: see next.] A banner-bearer in a mystery or a miracle play.
1801. Strutt, Sports & Past., III. ii. 137. The prologue to this curious drama is delivered by three persons, who speak alternately, and are called vexillators.
1831. J. P. Collier, Hist. Dram. Poetry, II. 155. The Chester Whitsun-plays are preceded by a kind of proclamation … made by certain Vexillators in various parts of the city.
