Red Ensign

noun

1. the ensign of the British Merchant Navy, having the Union Jack on a red background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist Compare White Ensign Blue Ensign

Example Sentences

Always at anchor off the citys front are at least a dozen European steamers, most of them flying the red ensign.

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At that moment he caught sight of the red ensign flying at the fore, and asked the captain to give him one like it.

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She looked like a collier, and flew the red ensign of England; but Henry knew her.

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The boy ran aft and in a few seconds the red ensign fluttered up the flagstaff, and drooped in the still air.

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From a flagstaff at the pierhead the red ensign of England was displayed.

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