merchant flag

noun

1. the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.

Example Sentences

The merchant flag is the plain blue, white, blue, without the shield.

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A number of the foreign nations have different flags, known as the royal standard, the war flag, and the merchant flag.

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The German merchant flag has red, white, and black horizontal stripes.

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To carry still further the illusion, we hoisted the Spanish merchant flag.

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This merchant flag, if we cut out the inscription there shown, would be similar to Fig. 142.

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