ENSIGN

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. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice. He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. Is. v. 26. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol. The ensigns of our power about we bear. Waller. Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. B. Jonson. 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.

A badge of office, rank, or power. | The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade. | A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour. | The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality. | Any prominent flag or banner. | A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.

To designate as by an ensign. | To distinguish by a mark or ornament. | To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.

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