{"id":617,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/burgee\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:27","slug":"burgee","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/fr\/glossary\/burgee\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A **burgee** is a small, distinguishing flag flown by a yacht to identify the club to which it belongs, or by the commodore of a club to mark his command. Burgees are usually triangular or swallow-tailed and bear the club&#8217;s emblem. They are flown at the masthead of a sailing yacht and at the bow staff of a power boat.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The burgee of the New York Yacht Club, a red star on a white triangle bordered in blue, is one of the oldest in continuous use.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [pennant](\/glossary\/pennant\/), [pennon](\/glossary\/pennon\/), [swallow-tail](\/glossary\/swallow-tail\/), [jack](\/glossary\/jack\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-617","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}