burgee

American  

[bur-jee, bur-jee] / ˈbɜr dʒi, bɜrˈdʒi /

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.

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burgee British  

/ 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

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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)

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Example Sentences

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burgee

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

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

Blase Prague expected to see the fluttering brown burgee of Bethlen's mustache leading another Hungarian Cabinet before long.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

When finally both tents had been erected, with a burgee bearing the club name floating from the very tops, the camp began to have a mighty cheery look that was invigorating.

From The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club by Quincy Allen

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