# flagship

Pronunciation: say "FLAG-ship" /ˈflæɡʃɪp/

## Noun

1. The most important member of a group of related things, such as a company's leading store or product.
   - Simple: The most important one in a group of things, like a company's main store or product.
   - _The new phone is the company's flagship, with its best camera and fastest chip._
   - _The governor's flagship education program ran out of money in its second year._
2. The ship that carries a fleet's commander, usually an admiral, and shows it by flying the commander's flag.
   - Simple: The ship that carries the leader of a group of navy ships and flies the leader's flag.
   - _The admiral transferred to the flagship an hour before the battle began._
   - _Signal flags on the flagship ordered the squadron to turn north._
3. The ship regarded as the most important in a group, such as a nation's navy or a company's fleet.
   - Simple: The most important ship in a navy or in a company's group of ships.
   - _The ferry line's flagship makes the overnight run between the two largest ports._
   - _When it was launched, the battleship was hailed as the flagship of the nation's navy._

## Verb

4. To serve as the flagship of a fleet or other group.
   - Simple: To be the most important ship or thing in a group.
   - _The cruiser flagshipped the task force for most of the exercise._
   - _The Tokyo store is meant to flagship the brand's push into Asia._

## Origin

Formed from flag + ship.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/flagship (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).