BURGEE Definition & Meaning

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burgee

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noun

a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts.

burgee

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noun

nautical a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of burgee¹

1840–50; perhaps shortening of *burgee's flag, by reanalysis of *burgess flag, burgess translating French bourgeois in sense “owner” (of a ship)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of burgee¹

C18: perhaps from French (Jersey dialect) bourgeais shipowner, from Old French borgeis ; see bourgeois ¹, burgess

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A 1976 renovation by Johnson/Burgee — when the hall was renamed for Avery Fisher — improved the sound, but didn’t fix it.

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Architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, along with acoustician Cyril M. Harris, had lent the hall a leaner look with cleaner lines but zero soul.

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In charge of that renovation were Philip Johnson and John Burgee — architects of the yet more grandiloquent New York State Theater, across the plaza.

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The rather prim glass-topped arcade behind the “Chippendale” skyscraper Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed for AT&T in 1984 used to host a few cafe tables and little else.

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The litigation brought about delays, so change turned out to be gradual, which was good because some early renewal plans like the one by Johnson/Burgee were rejected.

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