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Definition of Flagstaff
1. Noun. A town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory.
2. Noun. A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.
Definition of Flagstaff
1. n. A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
Definition of Flagstaff
1. Noun. A pole on which a flag is raised. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagstaff
1. [n -STAVES or -STAFFS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagstaff
Literary usage of Flagstaff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"On the 14th as on former days of the bombard- so, on the ment, the flagstaff
Bastion was the Work that8' suffered the most.§ By this time, the flagstaff ..."
2. Preliminary Report on a Visit to the Navaho National Monument, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1911)
"The road from flagstaff to Tuba is well traveled, its sole drawback being ...
Immediately after leaving flagstaff this route passes through a pine forest, ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"His presence at the flagstaff Bastion. The instant he heard the opening of the
... could hardly keep up with him—he galloped off to the flagstaff Bastion. ..."
4. In and Around the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in by George Wharton James (1900)
"... Grand Canyon was reached mainly by stages operated from flagstaff, hence to
many tourists this little town is inseparably associated with the Canyon. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Professor Holden is inclined to discredit the observations of Mercury and Venus
made by Mr. Percival Lowell and his assistants at flagstaff, principally for ..."
6. History of the Town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine: Franklin County by William Collins Hatch (1893)
"In 1832 he moved to flagstaff and engaged in lumbering. In this he was successful
and is said to have gained a comfortable competence. ..."
7. Mining, Mineral and Geological Law: A Treatise on the Law of the United by Charles Harmonas Shamel (1907)
"1' The contention of the flagstaff owners was, that they were entitled to 2600
... But the flagstaff was the senior location; and if, as contended by the ..."
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