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English
English : perhaps a variant spelling of Scottish Finley.Possibly a respelling of South German Fähnle, an occupational name for an ensign bearer, from a diminutive of Middle High German van(e) ‘flag’, ‘banner’ (from Old High German fano ‘cloth’).
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Shakespearean Spanish Welsh
The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice' Ensign to Othello.
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Arabic, Muslim, Punjabi
Flag; An Ensign
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American, British, English, Scottish
Flag; Ensign Bearer
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English
English : of uncertain etymology. From the 16th to the 19th century, the English vocabulary word ensign denoted a junior rank of infantry officer, which may be the source of the surname.James Ensign (known as ‘the Puritan’) was born in Chilham, Kent, England, in 1606 and came to Hartford, CT, before 1644.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area (see Fenn).South German : occupational name for an ensign or standard bearer, from Middle High German vener, an agent derivative of Middle High German vane ‘flag’. See also Fenrich.
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English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : metonymic occupational name for a standard bearer, from Anglo-Norman French banere ‘flag’, ‘ensign’ (see Bannerman).German : occupational name for a standard bearer, Middle High German banier, Middle Low German banner, from French bannière ‘flag’, ‘standard’.
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English
English : nickname from fend, a shortened form of defend, thus ‘defender’.South German : from Alemannic Venner ‘flag bearer’, ‘ensign’ or Fähndrich, which has the same meaning (see Fenrich).South German : variant of Fendler.
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Biblical
bough or bramble of the enemy
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
The Lion of the Battlefield
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Australian, British, English, Indian
From the Meadow Farm; Concentration
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American, Hindu, Indian
Vasan
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Muslim
Naik
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Australian, French, German, Greek
Form of Oceanus
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Arabic, French, Muslim
Name of Daughter of Prophet Muhammad
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Norse
A giant.
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Hindu, Indian
Holy River
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Tamil
Giving light, Flood
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n.
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
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A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
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The state or rank of an ensign.
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A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
n.
The rank or office of an ensign.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To designate as by an ensign.
n.
An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.
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An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
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A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
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A standard or ensign, in battle.
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The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
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The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
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An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
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The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
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Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
v. t.
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
pl.
of Ensigncy
n.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.