I think pirates were called that because 'pirate' means a robber who operates from a ship on the ocean. Also pirates didn't really say arrgh people started thinking that when Hollywood movies came out.
The Pirate Flag, Skull and Crossbones was made to scare the Merchants into surrendering without a fight.
No, a jolly roger is a pirates flag.
I is called the "Jolly Roger"
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The Jolly Roger was the flag, not the ship. Jolly Roger refers to flags flown on ships which identify the ship's crew as pirates. So, pirates sail with the Jolly Roger flying. The most common Jolly Roger is the skull and crossbones.
I think the Jolly Roger is the Pirates Flag, the Skull & Crossbones..... Ahhharrrr me hearties !
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It is called a Jolly Roger.
Emmanuel Wynne..................The Jolly Roger is the name now given to any of various flags flown to identify the user as a pirate. The most famous Jolly Roger today is the Skull and Crossbones, a skull over two long bones set in an X arrangement on a black field. Historically, the flag was flown to induce pirates' victims to surrender readily.