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It is a heraldic symbol carried on a flag or a shield from Latin 'Insignia' then meaning banner or flag, a soldier who carries the device and used in the very early 1500's. The word traveled from Latin into Old French as 'enseigne' and into Scotland. As for the navy, it became a commissioned officer of the lowest rank about 1886

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How do you use the word ensign in a sentence?

(flag) The ship's ensign showed that it was from foreign waters. (officer - the rank of ensign is the lowest line officer rank in the US Navy) The ensign was in charge of painting the galley.


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