'Ensign' definitions:

Definition of 'ensign'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
noun
An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: national flag, ensign]
noun
Colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

Definition of 'Ensign'

From: GCIDE
  • Ensign \En"sign\, v. t.
  • 1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'ensign'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. [1913 Webster]
  • He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. --Is. v. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. [1913 Webster]
  • The ensigns of our power about we bear. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'ensign'

From: Easton
  • Ensign
  • Heb. 'oth, a military standard, especially of a single tribe (Num. 2:2). Each separate tribe had its own "sign" or "ensign."
  • 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.
  • 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.)

Synonyms of 'ensign'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Ensign, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ensign, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
203
Housing Units (2000) :
77
Land area (2000) :
0.279189 sq. miles (0.723096 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
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.

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