tricolor
Americanadjective
noun
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a flag having three colors.
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the national flag of France, adopted during the French Revolution, consisting of vertical bands of blue, white, and red.
Etymology
Origin of tricolor
1780–90; < Late Latin tricolor, equivalent to tri- tri- + -color colored; color
Example Sentences
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The Mexican tricolor flew again, this time joined by the flags of El Salvador, Guatemala and other Latin American countries.
From Los Angeles Times
He opted for the familiar red, white and green tricolor.
From Los Angeles Times
The tricolor is part of the Santa Ana landscape, so it easily escaped my attention.
From Los Angeles Times
Mexico City time, Sheinbaum will don the symbolic presidential sash — embroidered with the Mexican tricolor and embossed with the gold-threaded national coat of arms.
From Los Angeles Times
Russian military bloggers shared footage late on Monday of a Russian tricolor flag being posted on the roof of a school in Niu-York with the Ukrainian flag lying on the ground.
From BBC
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