ensign

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

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