2. Verb. (third person singular of ensign) ¹
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Definition of Ensigns
1. ensign [n] - See also: ensign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensigns
Literary usage of Ensigns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1822)
"Total Number of Gentlemen who have been appointed to FIRST COMMISSIONS in Regiment«
of Cavalry and Infantry of the Line; of Promotions of Cornets, ensigns ..."
2. An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that by Francis Plowden (1806)
"On the same day was published another proclamation, declaring whit ensigns and
colours should be borne at sea, merchants ships or ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1901)
"From Tyana he continued his hasty march to Ancyra, capital of the province of
Galatia ; where Jovian assumed, with his infant son, the name and ensigns of ..."
4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1876)
"the ensigns, belong to Capt. Adonijah Fitch's company to be raised for the
reinforcement of the troops gone in the present expedition to Cape Breton ..."
5. Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. To which by Basil Kennett (1820)
"As to the ensigns, they were either proper to the foot, of to the horse.
ensigns belonging to the foot, were either the common one of the whole legion, ..."
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