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flagship

16 5.6
A ship in a fleet that carries the senior officer and serves as the leader's ship
  • noun
  • /ˈflæɡʃɪp/
translation icon : buque insignia
  • The Thingvalla was the flagship of the Danish steamship line.
  • a flagship campus

One time the teacher asked what what was Columbus's flagship.

Examples

  • The explosion occurred just before midnight, sinking the Greenpeace flagship in a matter of minutes.

    Bombshell (2016)

  • Small compared to his superdreadnought flagship, of course, but still a big, powerful unit.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • We'll need to use the Black Pearl as our flagship to lead the attack.

    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

  • All communications with the flagship appear to have been severed.

    Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)

  • That's the flagship of the fleet.

    Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  • I'm on board the flagship Draconia.

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

  • Admiral Villeneuve's flagship is the AT Gun Bucentor.

  • No doubt, I should be flattered that the flagship of the fleet has been deployed for my homecoming.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • This is the Dingyuan, the flagship vessel for the Lihong Zhang Navy, the Bayang Navy.

  • During the naval exercise, the admiral boarded his flagship, ready to lead the fleet into action.

Surface Forms

flagship singular
flagships plural

Morphology

flagship = flag + ship (transparent) = flag + ship

The meaning is directly compositional: a ship associated with or displaying a flag.

Etymology

Flagship first meant the ship that carried the admiral's flag, a clear sign that it was 'in charge' of the fleet, so the flagship was the ship that led the others.