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Home Dictionary Name: flagIndian National Flag
Indian National Flag, the expression 'Indian National Flag' includes any picture, painting, drawing or photograph, or other visible representation of the Indian National Flag, or of any part or parts thereof, made of any substance or represented on any substance. [Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (69 of 1971), s. 2]...
National Flag
National Flag, referred [Constitution of India, Art. 51(A)(a)] A flag serving as distinctive emblem of a particular nation Indian Evidence Act. [S. 57(8)]...
Palmetto flag
Any of several flags adopted by South Carolina after its secession That adopted in November 1860 had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field the final one January 1861 had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left hand corner...
Pilot flag
The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot in the United States the union jack in Great Britain the British union jack with a white border...
Flag officer
Flag officer, means an officer of the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, Admiral, Vice-Admiral or Real-Admiral. [Navy Act, 1962 (57 of 1962), s. 3(8)]...
ensign
A flag a banner a standard esp the national flag or a banner indicating nationality carried by a ship or a body of soldiers as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army rank of naval officers or private signals and the like...
Guidon
A small flag or streamer as that carried by cavalry which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry or to make signals at sea also the flag of a guild or fraternity In the United States service each company of cavalry has a guidon...
Pennant
A small flag a pennon The narrow pennant or long pennant called also whip or coach whip is a long narrow piece of bunting carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission The board pennant is an oblong nearly square flag carried at the masthead of a commodores vessel...
Roger
A black flag with white skull and crossbones formerly used by pirates called also Jolly Roger and pirate flag...
Admiral
Admiral, [derived through the Fr. amiral, from Amir al Bahir, Arab., commander of the sea or fleet], an officer having high command in the Royal Navy. An admiral has two subordinate commanders under him, a vice-admiral and rear-admiral, distinguished into three classes by the color of their flags, white, blue, and red. The admiral carries his flag at the main-topmost head, the vice-admiral at the fore-topmost head, and the rear-admiral at the mizzen-topmost head....
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