burgee
[ bur-jee, bur-jee ]
/ ˈbɜr dʒi, bɜrˈdʒi /
noun
a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts.
Origin of burgee
1840–50; perhaps shortening of
*burgee's flag, by reanalysis of
*burgess flag, burgess translating French
bourgeois in sense “owner” (of a ship)
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British Dictionary definitions for burgee
burgee
/ (ˈbɜːdʒiː) /
noun
nautical
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
Word Origin for burgee
C18: perhaps from French (Jersey dialect)
bourgeais shipowner, from Old French
borgeis; see
bourgeois
1,
burgess