Flagger

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who uses a flag or signal, as for example to direct traffic or to start a race.

    "Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers."

Example

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"Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers."

Etymology

From flag + -er.

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