Ensign

·vt To designate as by an ensign.

II. Ensign ·noun Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.

III. Ensign ·noun A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.

IV. Ensign ·noun Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.

V. Ensign ·noun A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.

VI. Ensign ·vt 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.

VII. Ensign ·noun 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.