flagger
US/ˈflæɡ.əɹ/
flagger noun: one who uses a flag or signal, for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
Noun
flagger (plural flaggers)
- One who uses a flag or signal, for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
- Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers.2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of flagger
| plural | flaggers |
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Origin of flagger
From flag + -er.
Words that rhyme with flagger
9 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about flagger
- What does flagger mean?
- Flagger means one who uses a flag or signal, for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
- What part of speech is flagger?
- Flagger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flagger?
- Flagger is pronounced /ˈflæɡ.əɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of flagger?
- The plural of flagger is flaggers.
Words near flagger in the dictionary
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