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flag-waver

flag-waver noun: a highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.

Noun

flag-waver (plural flag-wavers)

  1. A highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.
    • In every organization exists a number of so-called flagwavers. Their principal stock in trade is a boisterous verbal display of loyalty to the cause […]1910, George A. Donnelly, The Union Postal Clerk, volume 6, page 102
    • And the hardcore group of some fifty North Viet flagwavers, they're toting the yellow-star standard as if they owned it! And does General Giap know his battles are being won with the aid of every last boy and girl fluttering their flags […]1977, Sidney Bernard, Witnessing: The Seventies, page 39

flag-waver meaning in Tamil

flag-waver in Tamil

கிளர்ச்சியாளர்

Forms of flag-waver

pluralflag-wavers
alternative formflag waver
alternative formflagwaver

Origin of flag-waver

From flag + waver.

Questions about flag-waver

What does flag-waver mean?
Flag-waver means a highly vocal and visible supporter of a cause.
What is flag-waver in Tamil?
Flag-waver in Tamil is கிளர்ச்சியாளர். See Flag-waver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flag-waver?
Flag-waver is a noun.
What is the plural of flag-waver?
The plural of flag-waver is flag-wavers.

Words near flag-waver in the dictionary

  1. flag-staffs
  2. flag-staves
  3. flag-to-flag
  4. flag-wagger
  5. flag-waggers
  6. flag-waver
  7. flag-wavers
  8. flag-waving
  9. flagacious
  10. flagaries
  11. flagary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flag-waver (page history and authors); flag-waver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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