rebel flag

plural rebel flags

1. Southern USThe Confederate battle flag

   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.

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

   Synonyms: Dixie flag

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