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Jolly Roger

Definition: Jolly Roger

Jolly Roger

Noun

1. A black flag bearing a white skull and crossbones; indicates a pirate ship.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Jolly Roger

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Jolly Roger (The). (See Roger .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Jolly Roger

Synonyms: black flag (n), pirate flag (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Jolly Roger

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Warfare

Raise the jolly roger, run up the jolly roger.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Jolly Roger

Specialty definitions using "Jolly Roger": Roger. (references)

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Modern Usage: Jolly Roger

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Jolly Roger (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jolly Roger

DomainTitle

Books

  • Jolly Roger (reference)

  • Jolly Roger and the Pirates of Abdul the Skinhead (reference)

  • Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Jolly Roger

Expressions using "Jolly Roger": raise the jolly roger run up the jolly roger the jolly roger. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jolly Roger

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jolly roger

400

anarchy jolly roger

3

jolly roger cook book

132

boat jolly roger

3

jolly roger hotel

43

captain hook jolly roger ship

3

jolly roger flag

42

jolly roger shirt

3

jolly roger motel

15

jolly roger and pirate

3

jolly roger inn

15

jolly roger wildwood

3

jolly roger picture

11

art clip jolly roger

3

anarchist book by cook jolly roger

9

campground jolly roger

3

jolly roger pirate flag

7

bomb jolly roger

3

jolly roger hotel anaheim

7

jolly roger speedway

2

jolly roger anaheim

6

barbados jolly roger

2

clipart jolly roger

5

corum jolly roger

2

jolly roger wallpaper

4

image jolly roger

2

anarchy book cook jolly roger

4

amusement jolly roger

2

jolly roger tattoo

4

anarchy book by cook jolly roger

2

anarchist jolly roger

3

gif jolly roger

2

cruise jolly roger

2
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Modern Translations: Jolly Roger

Language Translations for "Jolly Roger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

пиратско знаме (skull and crossbones). (various references)

   

French

  

pavillon noir. (various references)

   

German

  

totenkopfflagge, piratenflagge. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σημαία των πειράτων. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kalózlobogó (black flag). (various references)

   

Manx

  

brattagh doo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollyjay ogerray

   

Russian 

  

пиратский флаг (blackjack). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

gusarska zastava (roger: the jolly roger). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sjörövarflagga (blackjack). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

korsan bayrağı (black flag, blackjack, the jolly roger). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Jolly Roger

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-j-l-l-o-o-r-r-y"

-4 letters: reroll, roller.

-5 letters: glory, golly, gooey, jelly, jerry, jolly, looey, lorry, ogler, ology, roger.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jolly Roger


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 6F 6C 6C 79      52 6F 67 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01101111 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100111 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#111 &#108 &#108 &#121 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#103 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 006F 006C 006C 0079      0052 006F 0067 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

448178789125281737184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Jolly Roger"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionфренски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, från ön man, man adası, man dili

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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