Stars and Stripes

noun

the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.

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Also called Old Glory, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Definition for star-spangled banner (2 of 2)

Star-Spangled Banner, The

noun

Stars and Stripes.
(italics) the national anthem of the United States of America, based on a poem written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, and set by him to the melody of the English song To Anacreon in Heaven: officially adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1931.
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British Dictionary definitions for star-spangled banner (1 of 2)

Star-Spangled Banner

noun the Star-Spangled Banner

the national anthem of the United States of America
another term for the Stars and Stripes

British Dictionary definitions for star-spangled banner (2 of 2)

Stars and Stripes

noun

the Stars and Stripes (functioning as singular) the national flag of the United States of America, consisting of 50 white stars representing the present states on a blue field and seven red and six white horizontal stripes representing the original statesAlso known as: the Star-Spangled Banner
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Cultural definitions for star-spangled banner

Stars and Stripes

The national flag of the United States. Its fifty stars represent the fifty states; its thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies that became the original states.

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