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 issues this year haven't been limited to smaller platforms that could be seen as easier targets, either – flagship DeFi lending app Compound was among those affected. —Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

Guest in Residence’s new LA location—the first brick-and-mortar outside of its NYC flagship—features warm timber in droves. —Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024

Google today announced Gemini 2, a new version of its flagship AI model that has been trained to plan and execute tasks on a user’s computers and the web, and which can chat like a person and make sense of the physical world as a virtual butler. —Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024

The unit’s flagship cable network is projected to see ad dollars fall 6.5% in 2025, when market-research firm Kagan, a unit of S&P Global Intelligence, estimates gross advertising revenue will dip to $197.5 million, compared with $211.4 million in 2024. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024

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