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单词 burgee
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burgee

noun

bur·​gee ˌbər-ˈjē How to pronounce burgee (audio)
ˈbər-ˌjē
1
: a swallow-tailed flag used especially by ships for signals or identification
2
: the usually triangular identifying flag of a yacht club

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021 The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021 Outside was given a nautical motif with burgees placed in flowering pots, flags hanging from railings highlighting blue-and-white life preservers personalized with the debs' names. Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017 The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag. cleveland.com, 13 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from French dialect bourgeais shipowner

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1

burgee

noun

as in tricolor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • tricolor
  • insignia
  • semaphore
  • crest
  • badge
  • waft
  • white flag
  • black flag
  • signaler
  • pennon
  • signaller
  • pennant
  • union jack
  • flag
  • ensign
  • gonfalon
  • banner
  • bunting
  • Jolly Roger
  • guidon
  • pendent
  • banderole
  • streamer
  • colors
  • standard
  • coat of arms
  • pendant
  • jack
  • banderol
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