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pride flag

pride flag noun: the rainbow flag or variants of it.

pride flag: the rainbow flag or variants of it
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Noun

pride flag (plural pride flags)

  1. The rainbow flag or variants of it.
    • Later that week, a group of smiling Czechs appeared on the cover of the Prague Post, with one of the supporters waving a pride flag over his head.1999, David Andrusia, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, page 18
    • Eve thought her church should fly a pride flag, the rainbow flag that has been a symbol of gay pride for decades.2008, Sarah Sentilles, A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit, page 203
  2. Any flag intended to represent a specific subset of the LGBT+ community.
    • "It will be such an honor to ride with Woody [Glen] through the streets of Boston — wearing tiaras, of course — with the 45-foot bi pride flag and dozens of bi community members behind us,” [Ellyn] Ruthstrom says.2016, Faith Cheltenham, "The Case for Bisexuals at Pride", Mirror, Summer 2015, page 26
    • The Trans Equality Society of Alberta (TESA) celebrated Alberta's first-ever formal raising of a trans pride flag at the Alberta Legislature […]2016, Trent Wilkie, "Trans Flag Raised At Leg", in "News Roundup", Vue Weekly, 24 November 2016 - 30 November 2016, page 5

Examples of pride flag in a sentence

  • Premier Brad Wall confirmed on Saturday that the pride flag would fly at the [Saskatchewan] legislature in a show of solidarity with LGBT activists in Russia.2014 February 10, Marco Vigliotti, “Province shows its Olympic pride”, in Metro Saskatoon, page 1:
  • During the halftime show, students carried eight different pride flags onto the field, representing the asexual, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gay, lesbian, bisexual and pansexual communities […]2019 September 25, Amy Qin, “Mob Lets Pride Fly In Baylor Show”, in The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, TX, page 1:

Forms of pride flag

pluralpride flags

Questions about pride flag

What does pride flag mean?
Pride flag means the rainbow flag or variants of it.
How do you use pride flag in a sentence?
Premier Brad Wall confirmed on Saturday that the pride flag would fly at the [Saskatchewan] legislature in a show of solidarity with LGBT activists in Russia.
What part of speech is pride flag?
Pride flag is a noun.
What is the plural of pride flag?
The plural of pride flag is pride flags.

Words near pride flag in the dictionary

  1. pride comes before the fall
  2. pride cometh before a fall
  3. Pride Day
  4. pride festival
  5. pride festivals
  6. pride flag
  7. pride flags
  8. pride goes before a fall
  9. pride goeth before a fall
  10. Pride Month
  11. pride of Barbados

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