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pilot flag
the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes. -
burgee
a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club -
flagman
a person who signals with a flag or lantern, as at a railroad crossing. -
flagship
a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag. -
quarantine flag
a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship. -
union jack
a jack consisting of the union of a national flag or ensign, as the U.S. jack, which has the white stars and blue field of the union of the U.S. national flag.