'Black Flags' definitions:
Definition of 'Black Flags'
From: GCIDE
- Black Flags \Black Flags\ An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] black fly