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Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ns�n|-�ns�n

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

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

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trans-top|military officer
Chinese: �� (sh�o wèi)
Dutch: vaandrig
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Finnish: aliluutnantti
German: Fahnenjunker m
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trans-top|banner
Dutch: vaandel n
German: Fahne f
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Russian: знам� (známja) n
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