What's the true meaning of Jolly Roger, the name of the pirates flag?
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Derivations from mispronounced French or exotic reinterpretations of the history of the Templars are exceedingly unlikely given the common and documented uses of the words.
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"When someone says "Jolly Roger," most people think of skull and crossbones against a black cloth. However the "Jolly Roger" was a generic term for any pirate flag including those that did not fly skull and crossbones. A pirate flag could be a solid black or shade of red. The "Jolly Roger's" purpose was to scare the pirate's victim into surrendering thereby avoiding a costly fight as pirates wanted the victim's booty intact. The scarier the flag or the reputation of the pirate behind a flag, the easier it was to force a surrender."
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There are numerous forms of Jolly Roger but one was based on St. Georges Flag. ..
They had other color flags to symbolise the colors of their nations they were pirating for...
The Jolly Roger is also called Jolly Rouge, and Old Roger.
The Skull and Cross bones itself was a Christian Symbol to symbolise not death but rebirth!
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You have mixed up a number of things even though you only used one source. The flag with St George's cross (the English flag) was a different flag flown by the same pirate not a basis for any pirate design. The Jolly Roger is not called Jolly Rouge or Old Roger, although some people think the name derives from those words in some manner.
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