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bur⋅gee

  [bur-jee, bur-jee]
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–noun
a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, esp. by yachts.
Origin:
1840–50; perh. shortening of *burgee's flag, by reanalysis of *burgess flag, burgess translating F bourgeois in sense “owner” (of a ship)
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bur·gee   (bər-jē', bûr'jē)   
n.  A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht.

[Perhaps from French dialectal bourgeais, shipowner, from Old French burgeis, citizen, from bourg, bourg; see bourg.]
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