Definition of ensign

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Ensign (n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol..

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Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
Ensigncies :: Ensigncies (pl. ) of Ensignc.
Vexillary :: Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner..
Oriflamme :: Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle..
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..
Regality :: Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol..
Escutcheoned :: Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
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..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..
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..
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..
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..
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