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

Les Sources de Caudalie is the flagship property for an entire collection of vineyard hotels called Les Sources group. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026

Beauty on the Block will mark the organization’s most significant event in terms of scale, and will be followed in September by its flagship Black Beauty Talks summit, which will be held at The New York Times’ TheTimesCenter. —Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 6 May 2026

The company’s flagship aviation fuel, CycloJP, serves as a replacement for Jet A, JP-5, JP-8, and JPTS fuels used across military and commercial aircraft. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026

Sunlight will announce pricing closer to launch, but from the looks of it, the Ibex will serve as a flagship atop a camper van lineup with current starting base prices ranging between €48,499 and €73,499 (approx. —C.c. Weiss may 05, New Atlas, 5 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flagship

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• gunship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship

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