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Stars and Bars

noun

U.S. History. the flag adopted by the Confederate States of America, consisting of two broad horizontal bars of red separated by one of white, with a blue union marked with a circle of white stars, one for each Confederate state. Compare Southern Cross (def. 2).

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Origin:
1861, Americanism

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Stars and Bars

—n
	(functioning as singular) the Stars and Bars the flag of the Confederate States of America

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