ensign
- Noun. A badge of office, rank, or power.
- Noun. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
- Noun. A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
- Noun. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
- Noun. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
- Noun. A prominent flag or banner.
- Verb. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
- Verb. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
- Verb. (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
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