ENSIGN

ensign

(noun) colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

ensign

(noun) a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Ensign

A surname.

A hamlet in Alberta, Canada

A city in Kansas

(Mormonism) The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Anagrams

• engins, genins

Etymology

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.

(historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.

Synonyms

• See 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

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.

Anagrams

• engins, genins

Source: Wiktionary

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En"sign, n. Etym: [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]

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.

En"sign, v. t.

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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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