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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Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.
Ensignship :: Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an 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..
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..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..
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 (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
Armory :: Armory (n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an 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..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
Regality :: Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
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..
Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Standard :: Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign..
Vexillary :: Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
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