burgee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burgee
1840–50; perhaps shortening of *burgee's flag, by reanalysis of *burgess flag, burgess translating French bourgeois in sense “owner” (of a ship)
Example Sentences
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Bertarelli's catamaran, sailing under the burgee of the Societe Nautique de Geneve from landlocked Switzerland, is the width of two tennis courts and has a tilting mast that towers 17 storeys high.
From Reuters ● Feb. 4, 2010
I have a real sorrow to think that I could not fly the commodore's burgee while Sir James was still alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a stickpin burgee of the Royal Yacht Squadron in his necktie and a briar pipe in his mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last known U. S. slave ship was The Wanderer, built as a yacht, the fastest craft flying the burgee of the New York Yacht Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
In spite of the gay awning aft, and the R.C.Y.S. burgee at the gaff end, the Lone Star presented the appearance of a complete wreck.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
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