Black Flag

Definition: Black Flag

Black Flag

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Black Flag

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Black Flag (A ) denotes a pirate, and is called the "Jolly Roger." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Black Flag

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Black Flag generally refers to the punk band Black Flag.

Also:
Black Flag (newspaper)
Black Flag (insecticide)
Black Flag (flag)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Black Flag."

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Synonym: Black Flag

Synonym: pirate flag (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Black Flag

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Warfare	Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Black Flag

English words defined with "black flag": Jolly Roger ♦ pirate flag. (references)

Specialty definitions using "black flag": Ægeus ♦ Roger ♦ Ysolde. (references)

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Modern Usage: Black Flag

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Jesse James Under the Black Flag (1921)

Under the Black Flag (1913)

Black Flag Live (1984)

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Commercial Usage: Black Flag

Domain	Title
Books	Black Flag (reference) Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (reference) Under the Black Flag (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Black Flag - Live! (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Flag

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
black flag	739	american black flag white	4
black flag lyrics	66	black flag music	4
black flag tab	23	black flag show	4
black flag reunion	15	biography black flag	4
black flag t shirt	13	black flag official site	4
band black flag	12	black flag roach motel	3
black flag mp3	12	above black flag rise	3
black flag guitar tab	12	black flag keith morris	3
black flag picture	11	black flag hollywood palladium	3
black flag pic	10	black flag insecticide	3
black flag official	10	american black flag picture white	3
black flag red	7	black flag rollins	3
black flag green red	7	black flag palladium	3
black flag shirt	7	black flag power	3
black flag tour	6	black flag ginn greg	3
black flag henry rollins	6	black flag poster	3
black flag sticker	6	black flag ticket	3
black flag punk	6	black flag red star	2
bass black flag tab	5	black flag official site web	2
black flag logo	5	black flag video	2
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Modern Translations: Black Flag

Language		Translations for "black flag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		знаме на пиратски кораб. (various references)

Hungarian		fekete zászló. (various references)

Pig Latin		ackblay agflay

Romanian		steag de piraţi. (various references)

Spanish		pabellón pirata (blackjack). (various references)

Turkish		korsan bayrağı (blackjack, jolly roger, the jolly roger). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Black Flag

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Agrostis alba aut.var.gigantea, Agrostis gigantea Roth, Mniotilta varia, Mustela nigripes. (various references)
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Anagrams: Black Flag

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-f-g-k-l-l"
	-1 letter: fallback.
	-4 letters: aback, alack, algal, black, cabal, calla, flack.
	-5 letters: alba, alfa, alga, baal, back, balk, ball, calf, calk, call, clag, fall, flab, flag, flak, gala, gall, lack.
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