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Meanings of white flag in English

Russian
белый флаг
Portuguese
bandeira branca
Spanish
bandera blanca
Catalan
bandera blanca
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Neutrality sign.

          Related terms
          белый флаг
          Portuguese
          bandeira branca

          Flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce.

                bandeira branca
                Usage of white flag in English
                1
                In a few minutes Hamilton returned under the white flag and shouted:
                Alice of Old Vincennes
                2
                Their badges were the white flag, the Bourbon lilies, and the cross.
                The French Revolution: A Short History
                3
                I guess the sentries saw him before they saw the white flag.
                Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
                4
                So it was that I raised the white flag for a parley.
                The Mutiny of the Elsinore
                5
                A few bombs and revolver shots and the white flag went up.
                The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 / History of...
                6
                At 5 o'clock the white flag was displayed at the Porte d'Auteuil.
                The Insurrection in Paris
                7
                Brother Bateman took a white flag and started for the emigrant camp.
                The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
                8
                Why, they are flying the white flag, and shooting from the farmhouse.
                Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
                9
                The commander of Boncelles, having exhausted his defensive, hoisted the white flag.
                The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
                10
                The French blew a trumpet of parley, and showed a white flag.
                France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
                11
                Enter Fair, holding the white flag on the staff, followed by Cupid.
                The Southern Cross / A Play in Four Acts
                12
                To avoid a massacre of his troops, Quetineau hoisted the white flag.
                No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
                13
                Never have any faith in a Mexican comin' under a white flag.
                The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
                14
                This proved to be a party of hussars bearing a white flag.
                The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
                15
                Richard led the procession, clutching the white flag in his right hand.
                The Complete Rama Omnibus
                16
                From this crowd a man was seen approaching with a white flag.
                South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) / From the Fou...
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                Translations for white flag
                Portuguese
                bandeira branca
                White flag through the time
                White flag across language varieties
                United Kingdom
                Common
                Ireland
                Common
                United States of America
                Less common