"flagman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flagmen [plural]
Etymology: flag + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flag|man}} flag + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|flagmen}} flagman (plural flagmen)
  1. A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling. Categories (topical): People Translations (One who carries a flag): сигналист (signalist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 旗手 (qíshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), liputtaja (Finnish), 旗手 (kishu) (alt: きしゅ) (Japanese), тушы (tuşy) (Kazakh), 기수 (gisu) (alt: 棋手) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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