Definition of ensign

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Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.

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Ensignship :: Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an ensign.
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..
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.
Oriflamme :: Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle..
Regality :: Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
Ensigncy :: Ensigncy (n.) The rank or office of an ensign.
Ensign :: Ensign (v. t.) To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned..
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..
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
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..
Standard :: Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign..
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..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..
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..
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..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
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