Jolly Roger

A version of the Jolly Roger

English

Noun

Jolly Roger (plural Jolly Rogers)

1. the traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships; often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The Hispaniola still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger - the black flag of piracy - flying from her peak.

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Translations

skull flag

Finnish: merirosvolippu (fi) French: pavillon pirate (fr) m., pavillon noir (fr) m.

German: Totenkopfflagge (de) f., Totenkopffahne (de) f., Piratenflagge (de) f. Norwegian: sjørøverflagg n.