Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tricolor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tricolor \Tri"col`or\, n. [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a
tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see
{Tri-}) + L. color color.] [Written also {tricolour}.]
1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white,
and red, adopted at the first revolution.
2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tricolor
adj : having or involving three colors; "trichromatic vision"; "a
trichromatic printing process"; "trichromatic staining
is the staining of tissue samples differentially in
three colors"; "tricolor plumage"; "a tricolor process
in photography" [syn: {trichromatic}, {trichrome}]
n : a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French
flag) [syn: {tricolour}]
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