flags

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/flæɡz/

proper noun

Nickname for a flag lieutenant.

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Meanings

flags1

noun
  1. pluralplural of flag
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of flag

Flags2

proper noun
  1. slanggovernmentNickname for a flag lieutenant.

    Suddenly the flag lieutenant grabbed an air vice-marshal's daughter by the hand and dragged her past the Charltons […] Flags was always doing something of this sort, and although Paul did not know him, he disliked it […]

    1959, John Gilbert, Face in the Clouds, page 102
    1 more example

    […] up the Flag Lieutenant to inform him that a cow would have to accompany the distinguished passenger. "Flags" was rather horrified at this, so Louis, overworked and slightly irritable, said, "Very well — no damn cow, no damn general — […]

    1971, Piet van der Byl, From Playgrounds to Battlefields, volume 1, page 193

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

flags. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flags

MLA

“flags.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flags. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flags,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flags.

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