ensign

Meaning of ensign

noun
  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.
  4. The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
  5. Any prominent flag or banner.
  6. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
verb
  1. To designate as by an ensign.
  2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
  3. 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.

Information about ensign

  • The plural form of ensign is: ensigns.
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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 :

ancient, coronet

Translation of ensign

Words that rhyme with ensign

sign, obsign, subsign, roadsign, codesign, coresign, design, foredesign, foresign, outdesign, overdesign, predesign, presign, redesign, resign, undesign, Ensign, consign, preconsign, reconsign, autosign, cosign, countersign, undersign, assign, foreassign, misassign, preassign, reassign, postsign

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