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flag staff

flag staff noun: a flag officer and his staff. Also the alternative form of flagstaff.

Noun

flag staff (countable and uncountable, plural flag staffs or flag staves)

  1. A flag officer and his staff.
    • The conning tower was a relatively compact space, with curved walls to provide maximum strength, so it could accommodate only a handful of picked staff to support the Captain and, if flag staff were embarked, the Admiral.2013, Jean Moulin, French Cruisers, 1922–1956
    • They and a large percentage of the flag staff were standing on Maaka-Kakja 's spacious port bridge-wing while aircraft were trundled across the flight deck on launching trucks that would be hooked to the hydraulic catapults.2014, Taylor Anderson, Deadly Shores, page 184

Also used as

flag staff is also the alternative form of flagstaff.

Forms of flag staff

pluralflag staffs
pluralflag staves

Questions about flag staff

What does flag staff mean?
Flag staff means a flag officer and his staff.
What part of speech is flag staff?
Flag staff is a noun.
What is the plural of flag staff?
The plural of flag staff is flag staffs.

Words near flag staff in the dictionary

  1. flag ranks
  2. flag rugby
  3. flag semaphore
  4. flag shagger
  5. flag shaggers
  6. flag staff
  7. flag staffs
  8. flag state
  9. flag states
  10. flag station
  11. flag stations

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