Definizione monolingua

ensign

ensign (third-person singular simple present ensigns, present participle ensigning, simple past and past participle ensigned)

1. (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson,:

     Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families.

2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament
3. (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.

   Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

ensign (plural ensigns)

1. A badge of office, rank, or power
2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
3. A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
4. (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
5. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the units ensign.
6. A prominent flag or banner.

   Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced. -Milton, Paradise Lost.

Definizione dizionario ensign

bandiera

stendardo

alfiere

distintivo

emblema

guardiamarina

insegna

vessillo

Altri significati:

A prominent flag or banner.

The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.

military officer

A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.

banner

A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.

(nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.