burgee

[ bur-jee, bur-jee ]
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noun
  1. a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts.

Origin of burgee

1
1840–50; perhaps shortening of *burgee's flag, by reanalysis of *burgess flag, burgess translating French bourgeois in sense “owner” (of a ship)

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How to use burgee in a sentence

  • The limit in the number of members was increased from 200 to 300, and the club burgee also underwent a change.

    Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
  • The race was under the Royal London burgee, and was sailed in gloomy weather and a smart (p. 355) north-east breeze.

    Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
  • He appeared on deck presently with a long blue burgee on which was emblazoned in white letters the single word Maggie.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • That makes us pirates, and that old Maggie burgee floatin' at the fore ain't nothin' more nor less than the Jolly Roger.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • He did meet Deacon burgee, who stared at him with more of rage than of amazement in his wrinkled countenance.

    Short Sixes | H. C. Bunner

British Dictionary definitions for burgee

burgee

/ (ˈbɜːdʒiː) /


noun
  1. nautical a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club

Origin of burgee

1
C18: perhaps from French (Jersey dialect) bourgeais shipowner, from Old French borgeis; see bourgeois 1, burgess

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