flagger
noun
a person who holds a flag at the approach to a road construction site or other traffic obstruction and signals motorists to slow down or stop, or to proceed when it is safe to do so.
flaggers
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pluralof flagger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The flaggers arrived at 8 a.m. in two different cars.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Already, Facebook employs thousands of unaccountable flaggers who make subjective, ad hoc decisions on what constitutes acceptable speech.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2020
Mr. Weinstein said the M.T.A.’s subway action plan is “accelerating signal inspection, maintenance and upgrade projects throughout the system” and added that even if maintainers were acting as flaggers, critical work was being done.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
The flaggers told the outlet that the company had a backlog that may have prevented offending videos, including those involving children, from being swiftly removed.
From The Verge ● Nov. 15, 2017
And,' added my Lord Clonbrony, 'the flaggers, I hope, will be soon banished.'
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth
