Confederate flag

noun

plural Confederate flags

: a flag of the Confederate States of America

often, specifically : a battle flag used by the Confederacy (see confederacy sense 2b) in the American Civil War from 1861-1865 and having a red field, two diagonal blue bars crossing in the center, and 13 white stars representing the seceded states compare stars and bars

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above