Jolly Roger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack.

/ˌdʒɒli ˈɹɒdʒə/ En-uk-Jolly Roger.ogg /ˌdʒɑli ˈɹɑdʒɚ/ En-us-Jolly Roger.ogg en-au-Jolly Roger.ogg

Jolly Roger Jolly Rogers

Possibly from jolly + Roger (“dialectal nickname for the Devil”).

black flag Roger

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