national flag

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   an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality

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Questions about national flag

What does national flag mean?

national flag means "an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality".

What is another word for national flag?

Close synonyms include ensign. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is national flag a common word?

national flag is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.