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View synonyms for flag of truce

flag of truce

noun

, Military.
  1. a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.


flag of truce

noun

  1. a white flag indicating the peaceful intent of its bearer or an invitation to an enemy to negotiate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flag of truce1

First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences

But when the flag-of-truce party reached the "Horn o' Plenty" they found not a corsair there!

He had a skin of the same color and a white tail, that retreating flag-of-truce so familiar to our overland emigrants.

In fifteen minutes an officer came to take their paroles, and they were escorted to the union lines by a flag-of-truce party.

They sent forward a flag-of-truce, and demanded the instant surrender of the stockade.

The New York flag-of-truce boat was found lying at the wharf with four hundred prisoners, whom she had not time to deliver.

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