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Pronunciation


Noun

  1. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
  2. A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
  3. The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
  4. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
  5. A prominent flag or banner.
  6. :Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced. -Milton, Paradise Lost.


Translations

Category:Military ranks

fa:ensign fr:ensign io:ensign ru:ensign ta:ensign te:ensign vi:ensign tr:ensign zh:ensign

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English ensign \en"sign\ ([e^]n"s[i^]n also [e^]n"s[imac]n, except for
4a), n. [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.
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Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
--Shak.
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2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
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He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
--Is. v. 26.
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3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
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The ensigns of our power about we bear. --Waller.
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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.
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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.
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Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ensign \En"sign\, v. t.
1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]
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Henry but joined the roses that ensigned
Particular families. --B. Jonson.
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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.
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WordNet ensign
n 1: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States
Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant
junior grade
2: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: {national
flag}]
3: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality
Moby Dictionary
Dannebrog , Jolly Roger , Old Glory , Star-Spangled Banner ,
Stars and Stripes , Union Flag , Union Jack , admiral , and blue ,
armory , badge , badge of office , badges , banderole , banner ,
banneret , baton , black flag , blazonry , blue ensign , brassard ,
bunting , burgee , button , cap and gown , captain , chain ,
chain of office , chief petty officer , class ring , coachwhip ,
cockade , collar , color , colors , commander , commodore , cross ,
decoration , dress , eagle , emblems , ensigns , fasces , figurehead ,
flag , fleet admiral , fleur-de-lis , gonfalon , gonfanon , guidon ,
hammer and sickle , heraldry , house flag , insignia , jack , lapel pin ,
lieutenant , lieutenant commander , lieutenant junior grade , livery ,
long pennant , mace , mantle , markings , medal , merchant flag ,
mortarboard , national flag , naval officer , navarch , old school tie ,
oriflamme , pennant , pennon , pennoncel , petty officer , pin ,
rear admiral , red , red ensign , regalia , ring , rose , royal standard ,
school ring , shamrock , sigillography , signal flag , skipper ,
skull and crossbones , sphragistics , staff , standard , streamer ,
swallowtail , swastika , tartan , thistle , tie , tricolor , uniform ,
verge , vexillum , vice admiral , wand , warrant officer , white


Ensign (1.) Heb. 'oth, a military standard, especially of a single tribe (Num. 2:2). Each separate tribe had its own "sign" or "ensign." (2.) Heb. nes, a lofty signal, as a column or high pole (Num. 21:8, 9); a standard or signal or flag placed on high mountains to point out to the people a place of rendezvous on the irruption of an enemy (Isa. 5:26; 11:12; 18:3; 62:10; Jer. 4:6, 21; Ps. 60:4). This was an occasional signal, and not a military standard. Elevation and conspicuity are implied in the word. (3.) The Hebrew word _degel_ denotes the standard given to each of the four divisions of the host of the Israelites at the Exodus (Num. 1:52; 2:2; 10:14). In Cant. 2:4 it is rendered "banner." We have no definite information as to the nature of these military standards. (See {BANNER}.)
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Housing Units (2000): 77
Land area (2000): 0.279189 sq. miles (0.723096 sq. km)
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Total area (2000): 0.279189 sq. miles (0.723096 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21400
Located within: Kansas (KS) , FIPS 20
Location: 37.652608 N , 100.232657 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67841
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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