ENSIGN in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ENSIGN, such as:
1. A flag with a fringe is an ensign, a military flag.
2. The ensign of the United States is Stars and Stripes.
3. An ensign is a junior officer in the United States Navy.
4. Signals, ensigns, and jacks of all colours were flying from her rigging, on every side.
5. de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.
2. The ensign of the United States is Stars and Stripes.
3. An ensign is a junior officer in the United States Navy.
4. Signals, ensigns, and jacks of all colours were flying from her rigging, on every side.
5. de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.
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Meanings and Examples of ENSIGN
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ensign
n. a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
n. colors flown by a ship to show its nationality
Classic Sentence:
1 They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley's large fortune, the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an ensign.
2 "Under no ensign of war which I can observe," answered Rebecca.
3 Quietly, quietly,' Pavel Petrovitch interrupted him; 'don't hurt the leg of your reasonable brother, who at close upon fifty has been fighting a duel like an ensign.
4 de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.
5 Signals, ensigns, and jacks of all colours were flying from her rigging, on every side.
Example Sentence:
1 A flag with a fringe is an ensign, a military flag.
2 The ensign of the United States is Stars and Stripes.
3 An ensign is a junior officer in the United States Navy.