different between medallion vs ensign

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French médaillon

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??dælj?n/

Noun

medallion (plural medallions)

1. A large medal, usually decorative.
2. A cut of meat resembling a medallion.

   Synonym: medaillon

3. (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
4. A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.

Derived terms

• medallionist

Related terms

• medal

Translations

Verb

medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)

1. (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.

   a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky

See also

• amulet
• rosary
• talisman

Anagrams

• medaillon

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)

1. A badge of office, rank, or power.
2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
3. A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.

   Synonym: ancient
4. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
5. Any prominent flag or banner.
   • 1667?, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.

6. (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)

1. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
3. (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