In nautical use, an ensign in a form of a flag is usually flown at the stern of the ship or boat to indicate its nationality. From LearnThat.org.
And then he glanced at the men, who were delighted with what they called the ensign's pluck. From Wordnik.com. [Middy and Ensign] Reference
I'd always heard that this army rank was called ensign because they carried an ensign. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ENSIGN CHEER.] Reference
I obeyed, and he passed into the adjoining room, and ordered his porter to call the ensign Ramirez. From Wordnik.com. [Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830] Reference
"Stand by to catch a line and make fast," called the ensign, as the launch, under headway, lay in close. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers] Reference
I'm not entirely sure if this helps, but this is what I found on Google for 'ensign'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ENSIGN CHEER.] Reference
Horsley takes the "ensign" to be the cross, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
"You begin by being an ensign, that is comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Precipice] Reference
She can't call ensign Bloomington to account, can she, hey? ". From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 02] Reference
John, now a lieutenant (not "ensign"), is sent with a detachment to Loughmore, three miles away. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
"ensign": starting rank in the British infantry until 1870. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
"She's hoisted the answering pen'ant under her ensign.". From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Ceylon, and in 1848 entered the Ceylon Rifles as an ensign. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Along came a submarine, flying the white ensign of the Royal. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
He became an ensign of the Royals and married not long after. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
But some luckless ensign who has lately joined his regiment at. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
"Just security precautions, sir," said the ensign uncomfortably. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
One of the servants of the captain-ensign of the company of M. de. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
And I could not wish to start on my adventures under a happier ensign. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Mike the Angel frowned at the ensign for a moment, then relaxed and nodded. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
He saw action in the Pacific as an ensign aboard the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Osborn Elliott, 1924-2008] Reference
Cymier, secretary of Embassy at Vienna, and M. Frederic d'Argy, ensign in the navy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ireland a new union banner was needed, and the present ensign was accordingly devised. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
At the age of seventeen he was gazetted ensign and went to the front almost immediately. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
The ensign was, of course, absolutely correct -- which was the sad part about it, really. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
A young Navy ensign named John F. Kennedy lived in Apartment 502 for a brief spell when the building opened. From Wordnik.com. [Dorchester House tenants' fight highlights issues with D.C. rent-control law] Reference
This was an ensign, who concealed himself under a mass of snow, which had been excavated by the summer heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
He hadn't recognized the girl without her parka and wouldn't have known her name if the SP ensign hadn't mentioned it. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
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