Definition of ensign

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Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..

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Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..
Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..
Lictor :: Lictor (n.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals..
Ensigncies :: Ensigncies (pl. ) of Ensignc.
Regality :: Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
Standard :: Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign..
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..
Ensignship :: Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an ensign.
Union :: Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Escutcheoned :: Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
Ensigncy :: Ensigncy (n.) The rank or office of an ensign.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Heraldry :: Heraldry (n.) The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies..
Armory :: Armory (n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
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