bur·gee (b r-j  , bûrj)n. A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht. [Perhaps from French dialectal bourgeais, shipowner, from Old French burgeis, citizen, from bourg, bourg; see bourg.] |
burgee [ˈbɜːdʒiː]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical 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
[perhaps from French (Jersey dialect) bourgeais shipowner, from Old French borgeis; see bourgeois1, burgess]
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