flagstaff

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See also: Flagstaff

English

Etymology

flag +‎ staff

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈflæɡstæf/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈflæɡstɑːf/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: flag‧staff

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Noun

flagstaff (plural flagstaffs or flagstaves)

  1. A pole on which a flag is raised.
    • 1945, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm‎[1]:
      Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.
    • 1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, [2]
      The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.

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