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Synonyms for burgee

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bur-jee, bur-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr dʒi, bɜrˈdʒi

Top 10 synonyms for burgee
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Définition of burgee

  • As in pennant : noun flag, banner
  • As in banner : noun flag, usually with message
  • As in banderole : noun flag
  • As in banneret : noun flag
  • As in oriflamme : noun flag
  • As in flag : noun pennant, symbol
Example sentences :
  • The burgee of the other Club we have named has undergone many changes.
  • Extract from : « The Flags of the World » by F. Edward Hulme
  • "You don't have to hold him," called Captain Burgee, dismounting from Loopy the mate.
  • Extract from : « Sugar Plum » by Reginald Bretnor
  • And the burgee––the letters on the burgee––my cousin Alice worked them.
  • Extract from : « The Seiners » by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
  • He knows that we are an English yacht, for there are our ensign and burgee to bear witness to the fact.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Thetis » by Harry Collingwood
  • The Royal Yacht Club burgee at this period was plain white, without any device whatever.
  • Extract from : « The Flags of the World » by F. Edward Hulme
  • The modern flag, known as the burgee, largely used in flag signalling, is like a shortened pennon.
  • Extract from : « The Flags of the World » by F. Edward Hulme
  • This should really be Burgee, but then it wouldn't rhyme, and a Poet may drop a syllable, if he or she mayn't drop an H!
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, September 10, 1892 » by Various
  • That makes us pirates, and that old Maggie burgee floatin' at the fore ain't nothin' more nor less than the Jolly Roger.
  • Extract from : « Captain Scraggs » by Peter B. Kyne
  • At the bow flew a burgee or small swallow-tailed flag of blue upon which was the word Deerfoot in gold.
  • Extract from : « The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot » by Edward S. Ellis
  • That is yachting fashion, you know, Master Horace, to run the burgee up when the owner comes on board.
  • Extract from : « In Greek Waters » by G. A. Henty
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