Definition of ensign

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Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..

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Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..
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..
Cross :: Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
Standard :: Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign..
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..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner..
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
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..
Flag :: Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag..
Ensign :: Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
Vexillary :: Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Ensignship :: Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an ensign.
Ensigncy :: Ensigncy (n.) The rank or office of an ensign.
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
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