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Word entry · 6 letters

ensign

Best crossword clue

"Ship flag"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛn.sɪn/Part of speech nounSorted eginnsStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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