Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A military flag; a flag carried in battle.
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Examples
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Their officers kept their men from firing, however, but meanwhile a single-handed contest had begun behind me, for on looking back I heard a Confederate soldier demanding my battle-flag from the color-bearer, thinking, no doubt, that we were coming in as prisoners.
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This is not to say that ideas about race, and other racial memes weren't propagated there, your example of the "battle-flag" was a good one.
Professor Radical Goes To Washington To Preview The Apocalypse Tenured Radical 2009
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“Note the black flag of Islam, the battle-flag of jihad, flying over the White House on the placard at left” as well as the words!
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To their horses Gernot and all his men now hasted, and soon the stalwart minstrel, Sir Folker, grasped the battle-flag and rode before the band.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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On a bare, windswept hill flying the battle-flag of the old Boer republics,
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ATTRIBUTION: Although this quotation has been attributed to several historical figures, the only documented source is the blue battle-flag inscribed with these words ordered and used by Oliver Hazard Perry as a signal during the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813.
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The sumach perked its red _pompon_ like a holiday soldier, and then flung skyward its crimson battle-flag.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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Their officers kept their men from firing, however, but meanwhile a single-handed contest had begun behind me, for on looking back I heard a Confederate soldier demanding my battle-flag from the color-bearer, thinking, no doubt, that we were coming in as prisoners.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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The first object that met our view was a large Confederate battle-flag, suspended from a conspicuous building on one of the principal streets, surmounted, surrounded by "star-spangled banners," large and small, but still there, to set our hearts throbbing wildly, to call forth a rain of blinding tears.
Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers
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To their horses Gernot and all his men now hasted, and soon the stalwart minstrel, Sir Folker, grasped the battle-flag and rode before the band.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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