flagger

English

Etymology

From flag +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)

Noun

flagger (plural flaggers)

1. One who uses a flag or signal, as for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
   • 2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers.

Related terms

• false flagger

Translations

one who uses flag

Finnish: liputtaja (fi) Spanish: banderero m