flagship

[ flag-ship ]
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noun
  1. a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.

  2. the main vessel of a shipping company.

  1. any of the best or largest ships or airplanes operated by a passenger line.

  2. the best or most important one of a group or system: This store is the flagship of our retail chain.

adjective
  1. being or constituting a flagship.

Origin of flagship

1
First recorded in 1665–75; flag1 + ship1

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British Dictionary definitions for flagship

flagship

/ (ˈflæɡˌʃɪp) /


noun
  1. a ship, esp in a fleet, aboard which the commander of the fleet is quartered

  2. the most important ship belonging to a shipping company

  1. a single item from a related group considered as the most important, often in establishing a public image: the nine o'clock news is the flagship of the BBC

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