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

Beyond its three flagship competitions, VdR offers a diverse mix of formats, from the International Medium Length and Short Film Competition, to the Wide Angle section, featuring films that have already or are expected to make a splash on the festival circuit. —Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025

The cloud software giant said the investment is designed to accelerate the country’s digital transformation and the adoption of Salesforce’s flagship AI offering Agentforce. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025

Instead, Taipei chose to encourage a process that, through TSMC, further increased the U.S.'s stake in Taiwan and its ability to continue making the cutting-edge chips found in the flagship products of America's biggest tech companies. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

For a flagship, Range Rover definitely earns top marks for appearance and style as their class is second to none. —Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025

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