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Recent Examples on the WebAnd all this happens there, in the solitude of reading, while the ensign takes a nap. Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 Her first tour as an ensign took her to Seattle for an assignment aboard an icebreaker, the Polar Star.New York Times, 31 May 2022 He was commissioned an ensign in 1963, and served aboard the USS Constellation as a nuclear weapons officer. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022 Melvin washes out, whereas Connell would become an ensign and train new recruits in New Orleans. Gemma Sieff, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 After initially saying Kazuo was dead, the navy sent a higher-ranking officer to confide that the ensign was missing. Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021 Cervantes could have made the ensign read the manuscript aloud to the licentiate. Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 On Friday, the day after Veterans Day, Ouellette will graduate top of her class from the U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, as an ensign. Lori Riley, courant.com, 10 Nov. 2021 In June 1954, Rumsfeld graduated and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. Robert Burns, ajc, 1 July 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ensigne, sign, token, banner, from Anglo-French enseigne, from Latin insignia insignia, flags