ENSIGN in a Sentence

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For ENSIGN, below is one of 8 sentences:
de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENSIGN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ensign
 n.  flag or banner, especially the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers
Classic Sentence:
1  They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley's large fortune, the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an ensign.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  "Under no ensign of war which I can observe," answered Rebecca.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  Quietly, quietly,' Pavel Petrovitch interrupted him; 'don't hurt the leg of your reasonable brother, who at close upon fifty has been fighting a duel like an ensign.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 40 A TERRIBLE VISION
5  Signals, ensigns, and jacks of all colours were flying from her rigging, on every side.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
Example Sentence:
1  A flag with a fringe is an ensign, a military flag.
2  The ensign of the United States is Stars and Stripes.
3  An ensign is a junior officer in the United States Navy.