ensign
noun
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
ensigncy
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a word derived from
ensign.
Example Sentences
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You will find, when you join it in Spain, that—that my son-in-law"—he hesitated and spoke the word with a certain prim deliberateness—"has been gazetted to an ensigncy in that gallant regiment.
From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The young Earl at last asked Sir Robert Walpole for an ensigncy in the Guards.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Peter Cunningham
Ay! my commission to a half-pay ensigncy, that some of these lazy fellows, who must have a four-legged beast to carry them to the wars, have heard of the 'south side.'
From The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper
He received his education at the Glasgow high school, and when only sixteen years of age obtained an ensigncy in the 9th foot, through the influence of Colonel Campbell, his maternal uncle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The Horse Guards have given me the privilege of nominating a gentleman to the vacant ensigncy, and I have had great pleasure in nominating your father's son.
From With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
