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ensign

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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.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A minor city in Gray County, Kansas, United States, named after founder G. L. Ensign.
  4. A township in Delta County, Michigan, United States.
  5. The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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