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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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
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
He obtained an ensigncy in 1747, and was on half-pay in 1756, when appointed lieutenant in the 42nd Highlanders on the eve of its departure for America.
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
His assistance in a political contest was rewarded by the offer of an ensigncy for one of his sons, in a regiment then raising in Ireland, and this offer was too good to be refused.
From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Frederick Marryat
A vacancy had unexpectedly occurred in a regiment just ordered to Malta, and an ensigncy had been promised to Ferdinand Armine.
From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
