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Meaning of "ensigncy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ENSIGNCY

ˈensaɪnsɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENSIGNCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ensigncy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENSIGNCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ensign (rank)

Ensign /ˈɛnsən/ late 14c., via Scottish, from Old French enseigne "mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant," from Latin insignia is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. As the junior officer in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the ensign flag, the rank itself acquired the name. This rank has generally been replaced in army ranks by second lieutenant. Ensigns were generally the lowest ranking commissioned officer, except where the rank of subaltern itself existed. In Thomas Venn's 1672 Military and Maritime Discipline in Three Books the duties of ensigns are to include not only carrying the colour but assisting the captain and lieutenant of a company and in their absence, have their authority. "Ensign" is enseigne in French, Fähnrich in German, Vaandrig in Dutch, and chorąży in Polish, each of which derives from a term for a flag. The Spanish alférez and Portuguese alferes is a junior officer rank below lieutenant associated with carrying the flag, and so is often translated as "ensign".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENSIGNCY

agency · consistency · consultancy · currency · deficiency · dependency · efficiency · emergency · fancy · frequency · mincy · nancy · potency · pregnancy · regency · residency · tendency · transparency · vacancy · wincey

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENSIGNCY

enserfment · enshelter · enshield · enshrine · enshrinee · enshrinement · enshroud · ensiform · ensign · ensign-bearer · ensignship · ensilability · ensilage · ensile · ensky · enslave · enslavement · enslaver · ensnare · ensnarement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENSIGNCY

accountancy · advertising agency · bouncy · Clancy · competency · constituency · contingency · discrepancy · energy efficiency · estate agency · expectancy · fluency · high frequency · high-frequency · latency · news agency · presidency · proficiency · travel agency · urgency

Synonyms and antonyms of ensigncy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ensigncy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENSIGNCY

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The translations of ensigncy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ensigncy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

ensigncy
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ensigncy
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ensigncy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ensigncy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ensigncy
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ensigncy
278 millions of speakers
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ensigncy
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ensigncy
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

d´enseigne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ensigni
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ensigncy
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ensigncy
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

ensigncy
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ensign
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ensigncy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ensigncy
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ensigncy
70 millions of speakers
it

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ensigncy
65 millions of speakers
pl

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ensigncy
50 millions of speakers
uk

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ensigncy
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ensigncy
30 millions of speakers
el

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ensigncy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ensigncy
14 millions of speakers
sv

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ensigncy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ensigncy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ensigncy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENSIGNCY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ensigncy
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ensigncy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENSIGNCY»

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Reports from Committees
Cash, part of sum lodged by Mr. Whid- 300 - - bourne for an ensigncy in 70th Foot . „ Cash lodged by Mr. Lascelles for an 450 - - ensigncy in Rifle Brigade. " Cash reserved from the commission of 400 - - Captain Gubbins, 30th Foot „ Cash ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1867
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Ensigncy and Lieutenancy - Ensigncy and Lieutenancy - » Ensigncy and Lieutenancy - Lieutenancy and Company, and Ensigncy and Lieutenancy - Ensigncy and Lieutenancy - 1,200 1,200 250 1,200 1,150 1.200 2,050 1,200 1,200 1,200 .
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
3
Estimates Accounts And Papers
Rynd, nth foot, in lieu of an ensigncy, which was to have been appropriated for the benefit of herself and children; — per the Commander in Chief 's letter of 14 August D° - - - - Mrs. Frances Baines, widow of the late captain Baines, 6th foot, ...
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Journals of the House of Commons
D* - paid J. Holmes, sum allowed for a Half Pay Ensigncy 58th Regiment ( Captain Leefon's) per Colonel Clinton's letter 6th August -•- D* - per Sum transferred to the Recruiting Fund of the Coldstream Guards, for an Ensigncy for Mr. Burroughs ...
Great Britain House of Commons, 1806
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
10 April 1867 - Ensigncy and LieuteEnsign and Lieutenant Nicolson 29 May 1857 - nancy - 1,200 1,200 Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison 10 June 1862 - » " - " 250 Coldstream Guards : Lieutenant and Captain Caulfield ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ...
... they either bought, or he had an ensigncy given him, in general Oglethorpe's regiment, then in Georgia ; but the war being then going on in Flanders, he gave up his ensigncy, and went there as a volunteer, furnished with letters from the late  ...
Alexander Chalmers, 1814
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The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, ...
During His Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France. From 1799 to 1818 Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood. mending Mr. Peter George Plunkett, a relation of his, for an ensigncy.
Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, John Gurwood, 1838
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, ...
450 Ensigncy.............. 400 The officers selling out shall receive the sum to which they may be respectively entitled under these regulations, as may be directed by the commander-in-chief. And in order to avoid the possibility of communication ...
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A new and general biographical dictionary
... they either bought, or he had an ensigncy given him, in general Oglethorpe's regiment, then in Georgia ; but the war being then going on in Flanders, he gave up his ensigncy, and went there as a volunteer, furnished with letters from the late  ...
New and general biographical dictionary, Alexander Chalmers, 1814
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The General biographical dictionary
... they either bought, or he had an ensigncy given him, in general Oglethorpe's regiment, then in Georgia ; but the war being then going on in Flanders, he gave up his ensigncy, and went there as a volunteer, furnished with letters from the late  ...
Alexander Chalmers, 1814

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENSIGNCY»

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Pride and Prejudice – and politics
At the end of the novel, Wickham plans to quit the militia to go into the regulars: “He has the promise of an ensigncy in General ____'s regiment, ... «Financial Times, Jan 13»
REFERENCE
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