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Definition of American flag
1. Noun. The national flag of the United States of America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Flag
Literary usage of American flag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE american flag WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to
the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there ..."
2. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"... carrying any flag in a parade unless the american flag is carried ahead of
it, or displaying any flag unless the american flag is displayed above it. ..."
3. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"THE american flag When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to
the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... of the American Standard, in Jersey City, " the editor of which had so much
maligned the Government, and make them hoist the american flag, or make them ..."