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Words with a similar base: flagpole

'flagpole'

[range_pole.n.01] as in: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors

'flagpole'

[flagpole.n.02] as in: a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

Origins

					flagpole (English)
├── flag (English)
│   └── flag (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── pole (English)
    ├── pole (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── pole (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── polus (Latin)
            └── πόλος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))