Definitions
Flag or banner showing nationality, especially on a ship.
Word origin
From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.
Used in a sentence
“The Ensigns of our Power about we bear; / And every Land pays Tribute to the Fair.”
“Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still,”
“But Alcibiades swiftly ran up the Athenian ensign on his flagship and bore down on that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which held the advantage and was pursuing the Athenians.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Ship flag”6 letters
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