Union-jack

A form of union jack — The flag of the United Kingdom, consisting of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross, now only used in Northern Ireland) combined.

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Meanings

nounUnion-jack (plural Union-jacks)

plural Union-jacks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Union Jack

    To us, who like to live beneath the flutter of the Union-jack, it seems a matter for regret that this and other attempts at British colonisation in that part of the Isthmus have signally failed.

    1832, Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, W & R Chambers, page 679
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