rebel flag

English

Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. This was not the official flag of the Confederacy as a whole, but it is popularly remembered as "the" Confederate flag.

Noun

rebel flag (plural rebel flags)

1. (Southern US) The Confederate battle flag

   Synonym: Dixie flag

   • 2017, Jason Eastman, The Southern Rock Revival: The Old South in a New World, page 190:

     In fact, the rebel flag is so prolific in the revival some musicians intentionally avoid using it not because of racially charged meanings but to affirm their own uniqueness and individuality as southern rockers.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rebel,‎ flag.