Union Jackn.

Brit.

/ˌjuːnɪən ˈdʒak/, U.S.

/ˌjunjən ˈdʒæk/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: union n.², jack n.⁴

Etymology: < union n.² + jack n.⁴ Compare slightly earlier Union flag n.

1. Before 1801: the national flag of Great Britain typically flown as the jack (jack n.⁴) of a ship and formed by combining the white-bordered red cross of St George with the white cross of St Andrew, retaining the blue ground of the flag of St Andrew. After 1801: the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (since 1927 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), formed by the addition of the red cross of St Patrick to the flag of Great Britain. See Union flag n. 1. Cf. union n.² 18a, red, white, and blue at red adj. and n. Phrases 5b.Union Jack has now replaced Union flag as the usual term to describe the national flag of the United Kingdom.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack

Union colours1634

Union flag1634

Union Jack1674

union1720

red, white, and blue1855

1674 London Gaz. No. 924/1 To Charge..His Subjects.., That from henceforth they do not presume to wear His Majesties Jack (commonly called, The Union Jack) in any of their Ships or Vessels, without particular Warrant.

1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 343 This day was published their majesties proclamation..prohibiting other than the kings ships to wear their majesties Jack, called the Union Jack.

1702 Royal Proclam. 18 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 3871/1 All such Ships as have Commissions of Letters of Mart or Reprisals, shall, besides the Colours which may be worn by Merchants Ships, wear a Red Jack, with the Union Jack, described in a Canton of the upper Corner thereof next the Staff.

1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 34 The union jack was erected on a high stick, and the commodore took possession of the whole as his majesty's isles.

1799 Independence 19 Our Union Jack should be hung in due form out of Bedford Tower, in the place of the Castle Flag, the more sincerely to celebrate our triumph over this bug-bear of the nation.

1801 Union Mag. Jan. 52 The Royal Union standard was hoisted on the Tower;..the Union Jack on the Parade.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xix. 175 Harry used to write his name all over his—see—and draw union-jacks on it.

1883 I. L. Bird Golden Chersonese 222 Everything was ‘ship-shape’,..a union jack over the desk, from which the liturgy was read, and a tiger-skin [etc.].

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/1 In Sunderland the Liberals have all taken to wear Union Jacks in their buttonholes.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan vi. 71 The Union Jack has been carried to many a distant land.

1971 L. Blackwell Blackwell Remembers xxii. 200 As we taxied down the Mall it was gaily set out with Union Jacks and the Finnish flag.

1983 Irish Times 5 Sept. 7 The leather-clad NF skinheads were shouting to each other—for no one else was listening—that there is no black in the Union Jack.

2006 Prospect Aug. 38/2 When the super-patriotic boxer John H Stracey defended his world championship in 1976, he entered the ring carrying a Union Jack.

2. U.S. A small flag, adapted from the U.S. national flag, consisting of white stars on a blue background, flown at the bows of a vessel in harbour. Frequently with lower-case initials. Cf. union n.² 18b.The flag described in quot. 1813 consists of a blue rectangle bearing the motto ‘DONT GIVE UP THE SHIP’.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > naval or merchant

pavilion1572

blue flag1613

jack1633

white ensign1676

Red Ensign1720

Blue Ensign1745

red flag1757

red rag1809

Union Jack1832

duster1904

red duster1914

1813 Analectic Mag. Dec. 501 Commodore Perry then hoisted his Union Jack.]

1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. xi. 242 The Fourth of July was honoured with a salute on board of each ship at sunrise, noon, and sunset... The national ensign was displayed at the main and fore masts, and the Union Jack at the mizen.

1873 Flags Maritime Nations (U.S. Bureau of Navigation) (Plate I) United States of America..Union Jack. Worn at Main, and in bow of boats, when the Secretary of the Navy is on board, at the fore as Pilot Signal.

1914 Flags of Maritime Nations (U.S. Navy Bureau of Construction & Repair) 9 Union jacks... The size of the jack shall be the size of the union of the national flag with which it is flown.

1964 Motor Boating Jan. 97/1 (caption) This illustration shows the Union Jack flying at the port yardarm. Correct practice dictates that this flag can be flown only on Sundays or Holidays.

2012 T. J. Cutler Citizen's Guide U.S. Navy v. 143 Twice in the Navy's history, the union jack has been replaced by a different flag.

Compounds

General attributive, designating something, esp. a garment, which has a design featuring Union Jacks or a Union Jack.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national

ravenOE

thistle1488

red cross1523

St George's cross1548

Britannia1605

red rose1618

British Lion1687

shamrock1712

leek1714

American eagle1782

rising sun1787

white horse1814

Bird of Freedom1825

Union Jack1847

maple leaf1860

meatball1919

red star1920

hammer and sickle1921

chakra1947

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxiv. 220 Quite unexpectedly they all produced union-jack pocket-handkerchiefs, at the same moment.

1906 Thin Red Line (2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Mar. 165/2 ‘Jack’ Macdonald, with the Union Jack scarf round his waist, was the picture of training.

1968 Southerly 28 279 He is wearing his psychedelic union jack trousers and tee-shirt.

1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 June 9/1 England's working class sends forth its drunken sons wearing Union Jack shorts and screaming ‘Come on, England!’

2010 Ideal Home May 11/2 If you're feeling brave, visit Debenhams for zingy new Union Jack bed linen.

2012 Daily Tel. 23 July 1/3 Lesley Garrett—swishing a Union Jack dress around.

Derivatives

Union ˈJackery n. the activity of waving or displaying the Union Jack, as indicative of British patriotism or jingoism.

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1882 Preston Guardian 26 Aug. Next week there will be a world of bustle amid bunting, festooning, union-jackery, &c.

1896 Spectator 7 Mar. 342 The national outbursts of ‘Union-Jackery’ in the courts and music-halls.

2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 Aug. 11 Within the Olympic stadium, Union Jackery was universal.

Union ˈJackist n. rare a patriotic, nationalistic, or jingoistic Briton.

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1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/1 At Nottingham,..the Tory party is locally known as the Union Jackists.

1995 Sun-Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 25 June 33 Union Jackists who regard the maintenance of British control of Northern Ireland as a sacred duty.

Union ˈJackite n. now rare a patriotic, nationalistic, or jingoistic Briton.In quot. 1887: a suggested name for an inhabitant of the British Empire.

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1887 Truth 9 June 973/1 Viator and Blind Pig, who suggested, the one Oceanians, Ethnions, Imperialists, Anglians, and Anglicans; and the other Johnischers, Union-Jackites, Brittmen or Britts, Anglos, Anglomen, and Anglishers.

1896 E. Garrett Let. 11 Mar. in G. Shaw Garrett Papers (1984) 61 It's a little hard, when his career is wrecked simply because Hofmeyr believes he was plotting a Union Jack coup, for the Union Jackites to dismiss him with taunts.

1901 Daily Chron. 2 Dec. 10/2 Men who no doubt call themselves patriotic Union-Jackites and Big Englanders.

1925 M. Asquith Places & Persons iv. i. 220 The Union Jackites began to flutter their emblems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	union jack
释义	Union Jackn. Brit. /ˌjuːnɪən ˈdʒak/, U.S. /ˌjunjən ˈdʒæk/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: union n.², jack n.⁴ Etymology: < union n.² + jack n.⁴ Compare slightly earlier Union flag n. 1. Before 1801: the national flag of Great Britain typically flown as the jack (jack n.⁴) of a ship and formed by combining the white-bordered red cross of St George with the white cross of St Andrew, retaining the blue ground of the flag of St Andrew. After 1801: the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (since 1927 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), formed by the addition of the red cross of St Patrick to the flag of Great Britain. See Union flag n. 1. Cf. union n.² 18a, red, white, and blue at red adj. and n. Phrases 5b.Union Jack has now replaced Union flag as the usual term to describe the national flag of the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack Union colours1634 Union flag1634 Union Jack1674 union1720 red, white, and blue1855 1674 London Gaz. No. 924/1 To Charge..His Subjects.., That from henceforth they do not presume to wear His Majesties Jack (commonly called, The Union Jack) in any of their Ships or Vessels, without particular Warrant. 1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 343 This day was published their majesties proclamation..prohibiting other than the kings ships to wear their majesties Jack, called the Union Jack. 1702 Royal Proclam. 18 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 3871/1 All such Ships as have Commissions of Letters of Mart or Reprisals, shall, besides the Colours which may be worn by Merchants Ships, wear a Red Jack, with the Union Jack, described in a Canton of the upper Corner thereof next the Staff. 1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 34 The union jack was erected on a high stick, and the commodore took possession of the whole as his majesty's isles. 1799 Independence 19 Our Union Jack should be hung in due form out of Bedford Tower, in the place of the Castle Flag, the more sincerely to celebrate our triumph over this bug-bear of the nation. 1801 Union Mag. Jan. 52 The Royal Union standard was hoisted on the Tower;..the Union Jack on the Parade. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xix. 175 Harry used to write his name all over his—see—and draw union-jacks on it. 1883 I. L. Bird Golden Chersonese 222 Everything was ‘ship-shape’,..a union jack over the desk, from which the liturgy was read, and a tiger-skin [etc.]. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/1 In Sunderland the Liberals have all taken to wear Union Jacks in their buttonholes. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan vi. 71 The Union Jack has been carried to many a distant land. 1971 L. Blackwell Blackwell Remembers xxii. 200 As we taxied down the Mall it was gaily set out with Union Jacks and the Finnish flag. 1983 Irish Times 5 Sept. 7 The leather-clad NF skinheads were shouting to each other—for no one else was listening—that there is no black in the Union Jack. 2006 Prospect Aug. 38/2 When the super-patriotic boxer John H Stracey defended his world championship in 1976, he entered the ring carrying a Union Jack. 2. U.S. A small flag, adapted from the U.S. national flag, consisting of white stars on a blue background, flown at the bows of a vessel in harbour. Frequently with lower-case initials. Cf. union n.² 18b.The flag described in quot. 1813 consists of a blue rectangle bearing the motto ‘DONT GIVE UP THE SHIP’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > naval or merchant pavilion1572 blue flag1613 jack1633 white ensign1676 Red Ensign1720 Blue Ensign1745 red flag1757 red rag1809 Union Jack1832 duster1904 red duster1914 1813 Analectic Mag. Dec. 501 Commodore Perry then hoisted his Union Jack.] 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. xi. 242 The Fourth of July was honoured with a salute on board of each ship at sunrise, noon, and sunset... The national ensign was displayed at the main and fore masts, and the Union Jack at the mizen. 1873 Flags Maritime Nations (U.S. Bureau of Navigation) (Plate I) United States of America..Union Jack. Worn at Main, and in bow of boats, when the Secretary of the Navy is on board, at the fore as Pilot Signal. 1914 Flags of Maritime Nations (U.S. Navy Bureau of Construction & Repair) 9 Union jacks... The size of the jack shall be the size of the union of the national flag with which it is flown. 1964 Motor Boating Jan. 97/1 (caption) This illustration shows the Union Jack flying at the port yardarm. Correct practice dictates that this flag can be flown only on Sundays or Holidays. 2012 T. J. Cutler Citizen's Guide U.S. Navy v. 143 Twice in the Navy's history, the union jack has been replaced by a different flag. Compounds General attributive, designating something, esp. a garment, which has a design featuring Union Jacks or a Union Jack. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national ravenOE thistle1488 red cross1523 St George's cross1548 Britannia1605 red rose1618 British Lion1687 shamrock1712 leek1714 American eagle1782 rising sun1787 white horse1814 Bird of Freedom1825 Union Jack1847 maple leaf1860 meatball1919 red star1920 hammer and sickle1921 chakra1947 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxiv. 220 Quite unexpectedly they all produced union-jack pocket-handkerchiefs, at the same moment. 1906 Thin Red Line (2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Mar. 165/2 ‘Jack’ Macdonald, with the Union Jack scarf round his waist, was the picture of training. 1968 Southerly 28 279 He is wearing his psychedelic union jack trousers and tee-shirt. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 June 9/1 England's working class sends forth its drunken sons wearing Union Jack shorts and screaming ‘Come on, England!’ 2010 Ideal Home May 11/2 If you're feeling brave, visit Debenhams for zingy new Union Jack bed linen. 2012 Daily Tel. 23 July 1/3 Lesley Garrett—swishing a Union Jack dress around. Derivatives Union ˈJackery n. the activity of waving or displaying the Union Jack, as indicative of British patriotism or jingoism. ΚΠ 1882 Preston Guardian 26 Aug. Next week there will be a world of bustle amid bunting, festooning, union-jackery, &c. 1896 Spectator 7 Mar. 342 The national outbursts of ‘Union-Jackery’ in the courts and music-halls. 2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 Aug. 11 Within the Olympic stadium, Union Jackery was universal. Union ˈJackist n. rare a patriotic, nationalistic, or jingoistic Briton. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/1 At Nottingham,..the Tory party is locally known as the Union Jackists. 1995 Sun-Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 25 June 33 Union Jackists who regard the maintenance of British control of Northern Ireland as a sacred duty. Union ˈJackite n. now rare a patriotic, nationalistic, or jingoistic Briton.In quot. 1887: a suggested name for an inhabitant of the British Empire. ΚΠ 1887 Truth 9 June 973/1 Viator and Blind Pig, who suggested, the one Oceanians, Ethnions, Imperialists, Anglians, and Anglicans; and the other Johnischers, Union-Jackites, Brittmen or Britts, Anglos, Anglomen, and Anglishers. 1896 E. Garrett Let. 11 Mar. in G. Shaw Garrett Papers (1984) 61 It's a little hard, when his career is wrecked simply because Hofmeyr believes he was plotting a Union Jack coup, for the Union Jackites to dismiss him with taunts. 1901 Daily Chron. 2 Dec. 10/2 Men who no doubt call themselves patriotic Union-Jackites and Big Englanders. 1925 M. Asquith Places & Persons iv. i. 220 The Union Jackites began to flutter their emblems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674
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