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He accordingly recommended him for an ensigncy in one of the West India regiments; and before that day twelvemonth, he had risen to the rank of lieutenant.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

There is plenty of money in his little store to buy his brother's ensigncy; but if he can win it without purchase by gallantry and good conduct, that were best.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

And yet a poor ensigncy is refused one of his sons.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

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 Cunningham, Peter

Fortune favoured me; in half an hour I was master of a thousand pounds; it would have been obvious folly and ingratitude to check the torrent of success for the paltry prospects of an ensigncy.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 by Various