Definition of ensign

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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..

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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..
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..
Vexillary :: Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.
Ensign :: Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
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..
Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
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..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner..
Cap :: Cap (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal..
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..
Monde :: Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Escutcheoned :: Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or 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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..
Oriflamme :: Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle..
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