Stars and Stripes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the national flag of the United States of America
    Old Glory; American flag; Star-Spangled Banner.

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  1. . See under Star, n.
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  1. a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each.
    With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. D. Webster.

Webster 1913