ensign

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. Source: opted

3. n. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. Source: opted

4. n. Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. Source: opted

5. n. A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Source: opted

6. v. t. To designate as by an ensign. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade Source: wordnet

9. n. an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality Source: wordnet

10. n. colors flown by a ship to show its nationality Source: wordnet

11. 1. 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. Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak. 2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. Is. v. 26. 3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. The ensigns of our power about we bear. Waller. 4. (a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. (b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Note: In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the color sergeant. Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign. 1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. B. Jonson. 2. 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. Source: webster

12. n:100 n. a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade n. colors flown by a ship to show its nationality Source: ecdict

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