What is the meaning of ENSIGN. Phrases containing ENSIGN
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Changing the positions of the national ensign and the naval jack once a ship gets underway.
To render and acknowledge passing honors from a merchant ship to a naval ship, by temporarily lowering the ship's ensign.
The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is a flag that originated in the early 17th century as an English ensign flown by the Royal Navy "Red Fleet". Later it was adopted by the Merchant Navy. It is all red, with the union jack in the upper corner.
The business practice of registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of the ship's owners, and flying that state's civil ensign on the ship. The practice allows the ship's owner to reduce operating costs or avoid the regulations of the owner's country.
The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate her nationality.
Red rag is slang for the tongue.Red rag is nautical slang for the red ensign.
To surrender a vessel to an enemy, from the custom during the days of sail of lowering the vessel's ensign to indicate that she is surrendering.
entry level officer rank in the Navy and Coast Guard.
Rag is slang for a newspaper.Rag is British naval slang for a sail, flag or ensign.Tag is British slang for the worst horse in a arace.Rag is British and American slang for a sanitary towel.Rag is American slang for to tease, put down, criticize. To nag or complain.Rag was slang for a banknote.Rag was slang for a small amount of money.Rag is slang for the curtain in a theatre.
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A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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To designate as by an ensign.
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An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
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A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
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A standard or ensign, in battle.
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A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
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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.
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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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An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.
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Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
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The state or rank of an ensign.
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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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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.
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of Ensigncy
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A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
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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.
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The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
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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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The rank or office of an ensign.
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