Meaning of Union Jack | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Union Jack
   alt-of
2. The flag of the United Kingdom, consisting of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross, now only used in Northern Ireland) combined.
3. The British Empire.
   broadly
4. The flag, consisting of the flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland combined, flown on ships of the government of the United Kingdom.
   British
5. The flag, consisting of the blue star-studded field in the corner of the national ensign, flown at the jackstaff by ships at anchor.
   US

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Examples

“When the wedding started I found a spot near Windsor Castle’s entrance, where I could watch the ceremony on a big screen. People who line the roads at weddings are, by definition, the most die-hard royalists, and all the usual figures were out in force: the men bellowing and ringing bells in the hope of convincing a passing American TV crew they are an actual town crier; the men in suits made of Union Jacks.”

“Settlers already fearing the possibility of seeing their 1600, sometimes 1700 percent, profit margins stripped from them by London’s abolitionism saw no other option but to secede from the Union Jack.”

““Every hip cat had a union jack bed spread, a union jack on the wall, bands draped them over their amplifiers and made jackets out of them – part of the reason for that was there were so many flags after the war,” said Groom.”

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