flagship

noun

flag·​ship ˈflag-ˌship 

1

: the ship that carries the commander of a fleet or subdivision of a fleet and flies the commander's flag

2

: the finest, largest, or most important one of a group of things (such as products, stores, etc.)

—often used before another noun

the company's flagship store

The traveling media crew comprises seven beat writers and a reporter from WFAN, the team's flagship station and the granddaddy of all-sports radio.

—Hank Hersch

Examples of flagship in a Sentence

the flagship of the Atlantic fleet

Recent Examples on the Web

The empire expanded in 2007, when News Corporation acquired Dow Jones and its flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal. —Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023

The last major block holding the wobbly tower upright is arguably ESPN, which is working on its own direct-to-consumer platform that will stream its flagship channel. —Oliver Darcy, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023

This is Eero's first tri-band mesh router that utilizes the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard, promising roughly double the speeds of its previous flagship system, up to 4.3 gigabits per second. —WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023

His latest title, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, celebrates 25 years of his London flagship eatery by the same name. —Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023

Pedestrians sauntered along a row of European flagship boutiques nestled in battlements of creamy limestone: Gucci, YSL, Prada, Louis Vuitton. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023

Old Dominion and the University of Virginia — the system’s flagship, founded by Thomas Jefferson — dislodged Black communities, according to contemporary news accounts, the universities’ official histories and former residents. —Louis Hansen, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2023

Samsung faltered in 2016 when the batteries in its flagship smartphone spontaneously combusted. —Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023

The deal between the two companies represents a concession from Disney, which for decades has been a dominant presence in cable TV, thanks to its flagship ESPN property. —Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

flagship

noun

flag·​ship ˈflag-ˌship 

1

: the ship carrying the commander of a group of ships and flying the flag that tells the commander's rank

2

: the best, largest, or most important one of a group of things

the store is the company's flagship