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===Noun===
'''Union jackJack'''
# {{nautical}} {{American}} The flag, consisting of the blue star-studded [[field]] in the corner of the [[national ensign]], [[flown]] at the [[jack staff]] by ships at [[anchor]] (FM 55-501).
# {{nautical}} {{United KingdomUK}} The flag, consisting of the flags of England, Scotland, and Ireland combined, flown on ships of the government of the United Kingdom
# The flag of the United Kindgom, consisting of the flags of England, Scotland, and Ireland combined.
 
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===Usage notes===
The '''Union jackJack''' (also '''Union flag''', '''union jack''') is regarded as the official flag of the United Kingdom, although technically no law to that effect has ever been passed.