Definition of ensign

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Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..

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Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
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..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
Armory :: Armory (n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Alferes :: Alferes (n.) An ensign; a standard bearer.
Regality :: Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
Ensigncies :: Ensigncies (pl. ) of Ensignc.
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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.
Cap :: Cap (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..
Gonfanon :: Gonfanon (n.) The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope..
Ensign :: Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
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