flag-mann.
/ˈflaɡmən/, /ˈflaɡˌman/, U.S. /ˈflæɡˌmæn/, /ˈflæɡmən/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > flag officer
flag-man1666
flag-officera1684
flag-officer1859
1666 S. Pepys Diary 18 Apr. (1972) VII. 18 To Mr. Lillys the painter's, and there saw the heads..of the Flaggmen in the late great fight.
1713 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed (ed. 5) iii. iv. 409 He was a kind of Flag-Man, a Vice-Admiral, in all those Expeditions of Good-fellowship.
2. One who has charge of or carries a flag; one who signals with a flag.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > standard-bearing or flag-flying > standard-bearer or flag-bearer
banneour1297
signifera1525
flag-man1832
flag-bearer1835
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > official > assistant
flag-man1875
society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > person who
flag-man1890
flagger1892
wig-wagger1899
flag-wagger1919
flag-signaller1930
1832 Lincoln Herald 13 Jan. 1 The crowd all rushed into the yard, with Beck, the flagman.
1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) ii. i. xiv. §1. 487 The Starter is..allowed an assistant, besides a flagman.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Jan. 6/1 The flagman..obeyed the order.
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