- UNION JACK
- originally the flag of Great Britain, on which the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew are blended, with which certain white streaks were blended or fimbriated after the Union with Ireland.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
UNION JACK
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Union Jack — Union Jack[1] Vexillologisches Symbol … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Union Jack — 1670s, from UNION (Cf. union) + JACK (Cf. jack) (n.); properly a small British union flag flown as the jack of a ship, but it has long been in use as a general name for the union flag. The Union flag (1630s) was introduced to symbolize the union… … Etymology dictionary
union jack — ( pavillon de l Union ) drapeau du Royaume Uni de Grande Bretagne et d écosse (1606), modifié en 1800 (par l adjonction de la croix de Saint Patrick) quand l Irlande rejoignit l Angleterre (croix de Saint George) et l écosse (croix de Saint… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Union jack — Union Un ion (?; 277), n. [F., from L. unio oneness, union, a single large pearl, a kind of onion, fr. unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Onion}, {Unit}.] 1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
union jack — n. 1. a jack, or flag, consisting only of a UNION (sense 3), esp. of the union of a national flag 2. [U J ] the national flag of the United Kingdom … English World dictionary
Union Jack — n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: jack flag (17 20 centuries)] the national flag of the United Kingdom … Dictionary of contemporary English
Union Jack — (spr. jūnjön dschäck), in Nordamerika die »kleine« Unionsflagge (Union flag); auch die Nationalflagge von Großbritannien (s. d., S. 381, und die Textbeilage zur Tafel »Flaggen I«). Vgl. Cumberland, History of the U. J. (Lond. 1901) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Union Jack — Union Jacks N COUNT: usu sing, oft the N The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It consists of a blue background with red and white crosses on it … English dictionary
Union Jack — (also Union flag) ► NOUN ▪ the national flag of the United Kingdom … English terms dictionary
Union Jack — (spr. Junten Dschäck), kleine blaue Fahne mit den Sternen der Vereinigten Staaten; gewöhnlich am Bugspriet angebracht … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
