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- DictionaryJol·ly Rog·er/ˈjälē ˈräjər/
noun
- 1. a pirate's flag with a white skull and crossbones on a black background.
noun
Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the naval ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century. The vast majority of such flags flew the motif of a human skull, or “Death's Head”, often accompanied by other elements, on a black, dark brown or dark blue field, sometimes called the “Death's Head flag” or just the “black flag”. Wikipedia