flagman
noun
flagman is a noun meaning “A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-G-M-A-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flagman is flagmen.
What does flagman mean?
noun
- 1
A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
- 2
A man who raises a flag.
"The Bands played the National Anthem and the Royal Standard was cracked by the Flagman and flown beside the clocktower at the top of the Horse Guards building."https://www.army.mod.uk/news/splendour-and-precision-from-the-british-army-for-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flagman?
Flagman has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flagman
- flagmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flagman?
Flagman appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flagman come from?
From flag + -man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).