| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| burgee |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bur·gee |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b r-j  , bûrj |
| NOUN: | A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps from French dialectal bourgeais, shipowner, from Old French burgeis, citizen, from bourg, bourg. See bourg.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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