ensign
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Is ensign a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.Examples: "But Alcibiades swiftly ran up the Athenian ensign on his flagship and bore down on that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which held the advantage and was pursuing the Athenians."
2. (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.historical
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.Examples: "HENRY but ioyn’d the Roses, that ensign’d / Particular families, but this hath ioyn’d / The Rose and Thistle,"obsolete
2. (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.Examples: "Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned."
name (English)
1. (Mormonism) The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMormonism
Definition source: Wiktionary