ensign
IPA: ˈɛnsʌn
noun
- A badge of office, rank, or power.
- The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
- A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
- (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
- Any prominent flag or banner.
- (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
- A city in Kansas
- (Mormonism) The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
verb
- (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
- To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
- (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
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Examples of "ensign" in Sentences
- The banner was not the same colour as the ensign.
- His design, called the Electra, was the predecessor of the Ensign.
- At sea, it used to be that the ensign was flown from the mizzen gaff.
- The Red Ensign was then modifed to contain the Union Flag in the Canton.
- The department suggested making the blue ensign the national flag in 1939.
- The Maple Leaf Flag on the casket was partially obscured by the Red Ensign.
- The department suggesting making the blue ensign the national flag in 1939.
- Shouldn't the flag in the box be the national flag and not the civil ensign
- The Ensign of the Sea Cadet Corps is a blue ensign defaced by the SCC badge.
- The civil ensign follows the same design, but without the charge in the center.
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