Definition of ensign

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

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Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
Ensignship :: Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an ensign.
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..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..
Escutcheoned :: Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; 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 (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
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..
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..
Ensigncies :: Ensigncies (pl. ) of Ensignc.
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..
Alferes :: Alferes (n.) An ensign; a standard bearer.
Standard :: Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign..
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.
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..
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