vt to designate as by an ensign.
2. ensign ·noun sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
3. ensign ·noun a signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
4. ensign ·noun formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
5. ensign ·noun a commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.
6. ensign ·vt 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.
7. ensign ·noun 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.