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- [bur-jee, bur-jee]
- /ˈbɜr dʒi, bɜrˈdʒi/
- /ˈbɜː.ɡi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bur-jee, bur-jee]
- /ˈbɜr dʒi, bɜrˈdʒi/
Definitions of burgee word
- noun burgee 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 3
- noun burgee a swallow-tailed or triangular flag or pennant used on ships for signaling or identification 3
- noun burgee a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts. 1
- noun burgee A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club. 0
- noun burgee A kind of small coal used in furnaces. 0
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Origin of burgee
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
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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Parts of speech for Burgee
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burgee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
burgee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for burgee
noun burgee
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- streamer — something that streams: streamers of flame.
- pennant — a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.
- pennon — a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- colors — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
Top questions with burgee
- how to make a burgee?
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