Flagship
['flægʃɪp] or ['flæɡʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag.
(noun.) the chief one of a related group; 'it is their flagship newspaper'.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
Checker: Presley
Examples
- Zat Arras' flagship was close to my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Immediately he passed an order to one of his officers, and presently the colours of the Prince of Helium broke from every point of the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He had caught it unawares; many of the men were ashore and a council was being held in the flagship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fifteen minutes later we received orders from the flagship to proceed toward Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A signal legible to every sailor of all the fleets engaged in that fierce struggle was strung aloft upon the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At almost the same instant another scout from the left flank came racing toward the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Scarcely had his tiny flier come to rest upon the broad landing-deck of the flagship ere he was bounding up the stairway to the deck where we stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The flagship bore down upon us, and as she swung gracefully to and touched our side a dozen officers sprang upon our decks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- While I was in pursuit of General Lee, the President went to Richmond in company with Admiral Porter, and on board his flagship. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Admiral Farragut had run the batteries at Port Hudson with the flagship Hartford and one iron-clad and visited me from below Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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