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Half-Staff

nounid 71452·updated May 18, 2026
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a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

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Variants

synonym
half-mast
plural
Half-Staffs
possessive
Half-Staff's
pluralpossessive
Half-Staffs'

Framework definitions

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a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

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