A patriotic song which frequently used to be sung on public occasions in Britain and its colonies.

A song officially adopted by a nation, school, or other body, and performed at ceremonies and other official occasions, typically used as an…

The title of a popular air of the United States of America, considered to be characteristically national.

Also Marseillaise hymn. A French revolutionary marching song written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a military engineer in the Rhine…

A song or hymn adopted by a nation to express patriotism or national identity, and sung or played on official occasions. Also in extended use.

(with the) (a) the national flag of the United States of America; also figurative; cf. Stars and Stripes n. at star, n.1 phrases 1b(a); (b) (with…

British. With the and capital initial: the national anthem as addressed to a female sovereign; ‘God save the Queen’. Now somewhat formal.

South African. Historical. The national anthem of the 19th-century Transvaal Republic.

The name of: a song used as the national anthem of Israel. Sometimes with the.

With the and capital initial. British. The national anthem as addressed to a male sovereign; ‘God Save the King’. Cf. queen, n. 3d.

the official anthem of the German Nazi party. Also elliptical.