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houseflag

houseflag is the alternative form of house-flag.

Meaning of house-flag

Noun

house-flag (plural house-flags)

  1. A flag that uniquely identifies the company that owns or, occasionally, that operates a ship.
    • Her house-flag was flying, and her whistle from time to time acknowledged the salutes of friendly boats, who saw that she was new to the High and Narrow Seas and wished to make her welcome.1899, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work, page 84
  2. (broadly) A flag that identifies a company, unit, or other group.
    • In the school ground, I saw a boy of section B was given the responsibility of leading the march past with house-flag in his hands.2014, Prakash Sharma, Ohm, →ISBN, page 54

Forms of houseflag

pluralhouseflags

Questions about houseflag

What is houseflag the alternative form of?
Houseflag is the alternative form of house-flag.

Words near houseflag in the dictionary

  1. housefathers
  2. housefellow
  3. housefellows
  4. housefire
  5. housefires
  6. houseflag
  7. houseflags
  8. houseflies
  9. housefloor
  10. housefloors
  11. housefly

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