flagstaff

¹

[flag-staf, -stahf]

noun

plural

flagstaves, flagstaffs 

1. flagpole.

Flagstaff

²

[flag-staf, -stahf]

noun

1. a city in central Arizona. About 6,900 feet (2,100 meters) high.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flagstaff¹

First recorded in 1605–15; flag ¹ + staff ¹

Example Sentences

There was a flagstaff there, so that Dr. Bentley could run up signals.

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When displayed at the same location on separate poles, the code says, they “should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height” and “the flags should be of approximately equal size.”

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One, the rioters beat with a flagstaff with an American flag attached.

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Even their conversations are the stuff of legend; see Toklas calling Beach “flagstaff”, a chummy reference to the latter’s dedication to flying the flag of American literature.

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Even Admiral Boom had been known to envy Miss Lark her wonderful house, though his own had ship’s funnels instead of chimneys and a flagstaff in the front garden.

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Related Words

• beam 
• flagpole 
• leg 
• mast 
• rod 
• stick