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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FLAGSHIP , the See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel in a See also:

FLEET

fleet which carries the See also:

FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, the See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of authority of an See also:

ADMIRAL

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