Black-flag synonyms

blăk'flăg'

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jolly-roger (related)
The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships; often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack
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pirate flag
a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship
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blackjack
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Black-flag Sentence Examples

  • Liu Yung-fu, the notorious Black Flag general, and the back-bone of the resistance, sought refuge in flight.

  • The khalifas black flag was captured and sent home to Queen Victoria.

  • Its red, blue and black flag was the standard of revolution in Italy until substituted by the red, white and green in 1831.

  • using the black flag was sufficient to get the fleet away first time.

  • IIarith put himself at the head of all the malcontents, and raised the black flag, in compliance with a Sibylline prophecy, holding that the man with the black flag (the Prophet's flag) would put an end to the tyranny, and be the precursor of the Mandi.

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