ensign

n.	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. Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. - Shak.
	2.	A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. - Is. v. 26.
	3.	Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. The ensigns of our power about we bear. - Waller.
	4.	Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. Ensign bearer one who carries a flag; an ensign.
v. t.	1.	To designate as by an ensign. Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. - B. Jonson.
	2.	(Her.) 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.

Noun	1.	ensign - a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
	2.	ensign - an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality Synonyms: national flag
	3.	ensign - colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

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, 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, commander, commodore, cross, decoration, dress, eagle, emblems, ensigns, fasces, figurehead, 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

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