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flagship

  • noun
  • /ˈflæɡʃɪp/

The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.

Other meanings

  1. The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.

  2. The most important one out of a related group.

    “The retail company's store in London is their flagship.”

Related words

  • flagship species

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “flagship” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.