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ensign
English
Etymology
From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin ?nsignia, nominative plural of ?nsigne. Doublet of insignia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.s?n/, IPA(key): /??n.s?n/, /??ns.n?/ IPA(key): /??n.sa?n/
- Rhymes: -?ns?n
Noun
ensign (plural ensigns)
- 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.
- Synonym: ancient
- (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
- Any prominent flag or banner.
- 1667?, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.
- 1667?, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:badge
(junior commissioned officer):
- coronet (cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign)
- second lieutenant (OF-1), first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer
Derived terms
- ensign first class
- red ensign
Translations
Verb
ensign (third-person singular simple present ensigns, present participle ensigning, simple past and past participle ensigned)
- (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
- To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
- (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
- Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
Anagrams
- engins, genins
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burgee
English
Noun
burgee (plural burgees)
- A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.
Translations
Anagrams
- Gueber, Guebre
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