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flagship

[ flag-ship ]

noun

  1. a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
  2. the main vessel of a shipping company.
  3. any of the best or largest ships or airplanes operated by a passenger line.
  4. the best or most important one of a group or system:

    This store is the flagship of our retail chain.



adjective

  1. being or constituting a flagship.

flagship

/ ˈڱæɡˌʃɪ /

noun

  1. a ship, esp in a fleet, aboard which the commander of the fleet is quartered
  2. the most important ship belonging to a shipping company
  3. a single item from a related group considered as the most important, often in establishing a public image

    the nine o'clock news is the flagship of the BBC

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flagship1

First recorded in 1665–75; flag 1 + ship 1
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The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales is set to depart on one of its biggest deployments yet.

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The corporation said presenters of flagship programmes, such as Match of the Day, "carry a particular responsibility to respect the BBC's impartiality, because of their profile on the BBC".

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In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ecosystem.

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It was considered a key part of the government's flagship infrastructure project - the high-speed line from Belgrade to Budapest in Hungary.

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But this first-time crossover continues a long tradition of the Phil’s music directors sharing mutual curiosity with the city’s other flagship music industries.

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