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Definition of Tricolour
1. Noun. A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag).
Definition of Tricolour
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Tricolor) ¹
2. Noun. A flag with three stripes either vertical or horizontal all of equal size, and of a different colour. This style of flag is used commonly in Europe, as seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and The Republic of Ireland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tricolour
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tricolour
Literary usage of Tricolour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. To Verdun from the Somme: An Anglo American Glimpse of the Great Advance by Harry Brittain (1917)
"Pierre Mille has a right to be considered the French Kipling." UNDER THE tricolour
Translated by B. DRILLIEN. With Illustrations in colour by HELEN ..."
2. The English Republic by William James Linton (1851)
"OUR tricolour. LET our tricolour be wove, our true English Flag unfurl'd ! ...
Let our tricolour be wove !—March for equal laws and life : Not mere ..."
3. The History of Ten Years, 1830-1840: Or, France Under Louis Philippe by Louis Blanc (1848)
"... language no longer true, was that the tricolour flag should be unfurled,
reminding the old soldier that the last Waterloo cartridge had not yet been ..."
4. The French Revolution and First Empire: An Historical Sketch by William O'Connor Morris (1874)
"... The tricolour Flag. mune of Paris, with immense powers; and Bailly, the V
president of the Commons, was appointed mayor ; while the young Marquis of ..."
5. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's Head Valet: Containing Details by Louis Constant Wairy Constant, Louis Constant Wairy, Percy Pinkerton (1896)
"... and the tricolour—Arrival of the Emperor— The Archchancellor and Queen
Hortense—Grand banquet— Marshal Bertrand's father—The Emperor and the dish of ..."
6. In Thamseland: Being the Gossiping Record of Rambles Through England from by Henry Wellington Wack (1906)
"... Governor of Windsor Castle — Tribute of Beaver Skins from William Penn — Lord
Baltimore — The Duke of Marlborough and tricolour — Cellini's Masterpiece. ..."
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