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flaglore

flaglore noun: the facts, history, traditions, or study of flags.

Noun

flaglore (uncountable)

  1. The facts, history, traditions, or study of flags
    • Some little degree of flag-lore is valuable not only to the soldier, the seaman, or the traveller, but to everyone.1890, Frederick Edward Hulme, The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry and Associations
    • The student of flags and flaglore, however, is aware that marine artists, with one or two notable exceptions, have in the past paid little attention to flag details, and does not, therefore, rely on them for accurate information.1943, The Mariner's Mirror, volumes 28-29, page 227

Forms of flaglore

alternative formflag-lore
alternative formflag lore

Origin of flaglore

From flag + lore.

Questions about flaglore

What does flaglore mean?
Flaglore means the facts, history, traditions, or study of flags.
What part of speech is flaglore?
Flaglore is a noun.

Words near flaglore in the dictionary

  1. flagless
  2. flaglessness
  3. flaglet
  4. flaglets
  5. flaglike
  6. flaglore
  7. flagmaker
  8. flagmakers
  9. flagmaking
  10. flagman
  11. flagmen

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