What's the difference between ensign and ensignship?
Ensign
Definition:
(n.) A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.
(n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
(n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
(n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
(n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.
(v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
(v. t.) To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
Example Sentences:
(1) The assets he's offering to the indie sector are, apparently, Virgin, Chrysalis UK (excluding its deal with Robbie Williams), Ensign, Mute, Jazzland and Sanctuary.
(2) On the way back, Ensign asked them if they needed anything before they left.
(3) The French port of Saint-Nazaire woke to find the Russian naval ensign – a blue cross – flying offshore on Monday and a new row over France's sale of state-of-the-art warships to Moscow.
(4) Ensign, J. C. (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and R. S. Wolfe.
(5) Remember,” Ensign says, finding them in a study room one recent afternoon, “on your first day here, you guys looked at the food and you were like, what is this?” The girls all burst out laughing.
(6) Recently Ensign asked the girls to write an essay describing what education meant to them.
(7) Interfax Ukraine reported that a group of people with Russian navy ensigns also gathered at the airport’s building.
(8) So unless the economy comes back and land prices come back, I’m stuck.” His friend and roommate Carter chimes in: “Dropping dead is my retirement.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Valery Lyman An oil worker on an Ensign drilling platform north of Williston.
(9) Back in Yola, her boss Ensign heard about the two sisters’ dilemma and called their father.
(10) But he admitted that the 183 drill ships and platforms that reportedly sail under the Marshallese ensign were an uncomfortable reality as one of the tiny nation’s major sources of income.
(11) We are entrusting our children to you.” Ensign found herself choking back tears.
(12) That evening came a moment Ensign says she will never forget.
(13) The commander of the operation has sent the following message: ''Be pleased to inform Her Majesty that the White Ensign flies alongside the Union Jack in South Georgia.
(14) Ensign set up a foundation , which garnered $50,000 (£33,000) in donations to put 10 girls through the university for one year.
(15) We’ll raise the money to take both your girls.” Weeks later, while they prepared for the girls’ arrival, he called Ensign in a panic.
(16) She came into my office and, really quietly, she told me that her sister was one of the girls who had escaped, and she and all the other girls were just there in Chibok, doing nothing,” Ensign recalled.
(17) There is idealism and flying the ensign of volunteerism and common ownership and then there is the commitment, the torched time, the drain on the £75,000 contributions fund and the fight to keep inching forward.
(18) Other assets on the list reportedly include labels such as Chrysalis UK, excluding Robbie Williams, Ensign, Mute, Jazzland and Sanctuary.
(19) She approached her boss at the American University of Nigeria in Yola, Margee Ensign, an energetic, cheerful woman who has run the establishment for six years.
(20) But after 21, we had to stop because that’s a big commitment,” Ensign said.