[ bə:'dʒi: ]
■ noun a triangular flag flown from the mast of a yacht to indicate the owner's membership of a particular sailing club.
Origin
C18: perh. from Fr. bourgeois (see burgess ) in the sense 'owner, master'.
[ bə:'dʒi: ]
■ noun a triangular flag flown from the mast of a yacht to indicate the owner's membership of a particular sailing club.
Origin
C18: perh. from Fr. bourgeois (see burgess ) in the sense 'owner, master'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004