VEXILLOLOGIST: one who studies flags
"The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." Woodrow Wilson was speaking of the American flag when he made that statement in an address in June of 1915, but vexillologists would likely find the comment applicable to any national banner. Vexillologists undertake scholarly investigations of flags, producing papers with titles such as "A Review of the Changing Proportions of Rectangular Flags since Medieval Times, and Some Suggestions for the Future." In the late 1950s, they coined a name for their field of research (vexillology) and for members of their profession (vexillologists) from vexillum, the Latin term for a square flag or banner of the ancient Roman cavalry.
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