Definition of ensign Ensign
/ɛˈnsʌn/ - [ensun] - en•sign
We found 24 definitions of ensign from 8 different sources.
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What does ensign mean?
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NounPlural: ensigns |
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| ensign - a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade | ||
| commissioned naval officer a commissioned officer in the navy | ||
| ensign - colors flown by a ship to show its nationality | ||
| ensign - an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality | ||
| national flag | ||
| emblem, allegory special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ensign (Noun)
A badge of office, rank, or power. - ensign (Noun)
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade . - ensign (Noun)
A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour. - ensign (Noun)
The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality. - ensign (Noun)
A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign. - ensign (Noun)
A prominent flag or banner. - ensign (Verb)
To designate as by an ensign. - ensign (Verb)
To distinguish by a mark or ornament. - ensign (Verb)
To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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 (n.)
A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. - ensign (n.)
Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. - ensign (n.)
Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. - ensign (n.)
A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. - ensign (v. t.)
To designate as by an 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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ensign
The principal flag, emblem or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ensign
en′sīn, n. a sign or mark: the sign or flag distinguishing a nation or a regiment: one who carries the colours: until 1871, the title given to officers of the lowest commissioned rank in the British infantry.—ns. En′sign-bear′er; En′signcy, En′signship, the rank or commission of an ensign in the army. [O. Fr. enseigne—L. insignia, pl. of insigne, a distinctive mark—in, and signum, a mark.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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ensign
pavillon de pouppe, (enseigne, Fr.) a large standard, or banner, hoisted on a long pole erected over the poop, and called the ensign-staff.The ensign is used to distinguish the ships of different nations from each other, as also to characterise the different squadrons of the navy.The British ensign in ships of war is known by a double cross, viz. that of St. George and St. Andrew, formed into an union, upon a field which is either red, white, or blue.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ensign
[From the Anglo-Saxon segn.] A large flag or banner, hoisted on a long pole erected over the stern, and called the ensign-staff. It is used to distinguish the ships of different nations from each other, as also to characterize the different squadrons of the navy; it was formerly written ancient. Ensign is in the army the title of the junior rank of subaltern officers of infantry; from amongst them are detailed the officers who carry the colours.
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🔤- ensign, noun, singular of ensigns.
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