Found 2 hits - Term: flag captain, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flag \flag\, n. cf. lg. g. flagge, sw. flagg, dan. flag, d.
vlag. see flag to hang loose.
1. that which flags or hangs down loosely.
1913 webster
2. a cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
1913 webster
3. zool.
a a group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
certain hawks, owls, etc.
b a group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
c the bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
1913 webster
4. zool. one of the wing feathers next the body of a bird;
-- called also flag feather.
webster 1913 suppl.
black flag. see under black.
flag captain, flag leutenant, etc., special officers
attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
admiral, or commodore.
flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an
enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
of making some communication not hostile.
flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money.
flag station railroad, a station at which trains do not
stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
waved.
national flag, a flag of a particular country, on which
some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
to dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
to hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
white flag.
to hang the flag half-mast high or to hang the flag
half-staff or to hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it
only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of
mourning.
to strike the flag or to lower the flag, to haul it down,
in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
surrender.
yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
disease is on board.
1913 webster
see also:
flag flag feather black flag black flag captain flag leutenant
flag officer flag of truse flag share flag station national flag
red flag to dip, the flag to hang out the white flag to hang the flag half-mast high to hang the flag half-staff
to hang the flag at half-staff to strike the flag to lower the flag yellow flag
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
flag captain
n : the captain of a flagship
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about flag captain: Captain
>> C Words
Captain, definition of term: Captain
captain_pag1.html Flag
>> F Words
Flag, definition of term: Flag
flag_pag1.html Flag Stop
>> F Words
Flag Stop, definition of term: Flag Stop
flag+stop_pag1.html Flag Officer
>> F Words
Flag Officer, definition of term: Flag Officer
flag+officer_pag1.html Flag Day
>> F Words
Flag Day, definition of term: Flag Day
flag+day_pag1.html Black Flag
>> B Words
Black Flag, definition of term: Black Flag
black+flag_pag1.html
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