Ensign Definition

ĕnsən, -sīn
noun
A flag or banner; specif., a national flag, as one displayed on a ship.
Webster's New World
A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
American Heritage
A badge, symbol, or token of office or authority.
Webster's New World
A commissioned officer who served as standard-bearer.
Webster's New World
A commissioned officer of the lowest rank, ranking just below a lieutenant junior grade.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A surname​.

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A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

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A city in Kansas.

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(Mormonism) The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Other Word Forms of Ensign

Noun

Singular:
ensign
Plural:
ensigns

Origin of Ensign

  • Middle English ensigne from Old French enseigne from Latin īnsignia insignia insignia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ensign Sentence Examples

  • Joining the army at the age of fifteen as an ensign of the 8th regiment, he became a lieutenant-colonel in 1 797, after less than thirteen years' service.

  • On the other hand, it was from Spain and Gaul that Rome probably received the orarium (stole) as an ensign of the major orders.

  • In the words of Orme, " That day terminated the long hostilities between the two rival European powers in Coromandel, and left not a single ensign of the French nation avowed by the authority of its Government in any part of India."

  • This Buonaparte has turned all their heads; they all think of how he rose from an ensign and became Emperor.

  • The pastoral staff is the ensign proper of cardinals (except cardinal-deacons) and bishops; but the former are entitled to use it only in the churches from which they derive their titles,.

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Words Starting With

EENENS

Words Ending With

NGNIGN

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