What's the difference between ensign and officer?

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.

Officer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
  • (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
  • (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
  • (2) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
  • (3) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (4) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
  • (5) Prior to joining JOE Media, Will was chief commercial officer at Dazed Group, where he also sat on the board of directors.
  • (6) "We do not yet live in a society where the police or any other officers of the law are entitled to detain people without reasonable justification and demand their papers," Gardiner wrote.
  • (7) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
  • (8) Former detectives had dug out damning evidence of abuse, as well as testimony from officers recommending prosecution, sources said.
  • (9) A tall young Border Police officer stopped me, his rifle cradled in his arms.
  • (10) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
  • (11) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
  • (12) The Labour MP urged David Cameron to guarantee that officers who give evidence over the alleged paedophile ring in Westminster will not be prosecuted.
  • (13) Peter Stott of the Met Office, who led the study, said: "With global warming we're talking about very big changes in the overall water cycle.
  • (14) It can also solve a lot of problems – period.” However, Trump did not support making the officer-worn video cameras mandatory across the country, as the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has done , noting “different police departments feel different ways”.
  • (15) A third autopsy of Tomlinson, conducted on behalf of the officer, agreed with the findings of the second postmortem.
  • (16) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
  • (17) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
  • (18) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
  • (19) The findings provide additional evidence that, for at least some cases, the likelihood of a physician's admitting a patient to the hospital is influenced by the patient's living arrangements, travel time to the physician's office, and the extent to which medical care would cause a financial hardship for the patient.
  • (20) When the standoff ended after 30 minutes, a French police officer told the migrants: “Here is your friend.