Ensign
Meaning of Ensign
noun
- a flag or standard, especially a military or naval one indicating nationality.
- the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US and some other navies, above chief warrant officer and below lieutenant.
a copy of Ensign Smith's report
late Middle English: from Old French enseigne, from Latin insignia ‘signs of office’ (see insignia). Compare with ancient2.
Information about Ensign
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of Ensign
En-sign
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Ensign is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Ensign synonyms
Meaning a piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public:
Meaning a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope:
Meaning a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected:
Meaning a flag on a pole used as the standard of a monarch, knight, or army:
Meaning a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially as a military ensign:
Meaning a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially one of a kind formerly attached to a lance or helmet; a pennant:
Meaning a long, narrow strip of material used as a decoration or symbol:
Meaning a long, narrow flag with a cleft end, flown at a masthead:
Meaning a piece of jewellery that hangs from a chain worn round the neck:
Meaning a flag bearing the colours or emblem of a sailing club, typically triangular:
Meaning (in ancient Rome) a military standard or banner, especially one of a maniple:
Meaning a banner or pennant, especially one with streamers, hung from a crossbar:
Meaning a pennant that narrows to a point or fork at the free end, especially one used as the standard of a light cavalry regiment:
Meaning the imperial standard of Constantine the Great, which bore Christian symbolic imagery fused with the military symbols of the Roman Empire:
Words that rhyme with Ensign
sign, obsign, subsign, roadsign, codesign, coresign, design, foredesign, foresign, outdesign, overdesign, predesign, presign, redesign, resign, undesign, consign, ensign, preconsign, reconsign, autosign, cosign, countersign, undersign, assign, foreassign, misassign, preassign, reassign, postsign
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