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Red Ensign

Meaning of "Red Ensign" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RED ENSIGN

Red Ensign


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RED ENSIGN

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Red Ensign is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RED ENSIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Red Ensign

The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is a flag that originated in the early 17th century as an English ensign flown by the Royal Navy and later specifically by British Merchant Seamen. The precise date of its first appearance is not known, but surviving receipts indicate that the Navy was paying to have such flags sewn during the 1620s. It is currently used as the civil ensign of the United Kingdom.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RED ENSIGN

Red Crescent · Red Cross · Red Cross Society · red deer · Red Deer Lake · red duster · red dwarf · red earth · red elm · red emperor · red eye · red fir · red fire · red fish · red flag · red fox · red giant · red grouse · Red Guard · Red Guards

WORDS THAT END LIKE RED ENSIGN

assign · Blue Ensign · computer-aided design · consign · design · ensign · fashion design · graphic design · industrial design · interior design · negative sign · pound sign · reconsign · redesign · resign · sign · star sign · stop sign · web design · White Ensign

Synonyms and antonyms of Red Ensign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Red Ensign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RED ENSIGN

Find out the translation of Red Ensign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

红少尉
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Red Ensign
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Red Ensign
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लाल पताका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الراية الحمراء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

торговый флаг
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Red Ensign
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লাল সন্নিবেশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

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Red Ensign
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Red Ensign
190 millions of speakers
de

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Red Ensign
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

レッド少尉
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

레드 월호
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Red Ensign
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Red Ensign
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிவப்பு அமைப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लाल चिन्हांकित करा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kızıl Avukat
70 millions of speakers
it

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Red Ensign
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Red Ensign
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Торговий прапор
40 millions of speakers
ro

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Red Ensign
30 millions of speakers
el

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Red Ensign
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Red Ensign
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Red Ensign
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Red Ensign
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Red Ensign

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RED ENSIGN»

Discover the use of Red Ensign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Red Ensign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Foreshore of England: Or Under the Red Ensign
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
H.M. Tomlinson, 2013
2
Joseph Conrad: A Life
Ill THE RED ENSIGN 1878-1886 The Red Ensign! In the pellucid, colourless atmosphere bathing the drab and gray masses of that southern land, the livid islets, the sea of pale glassy blue under the pale glassy sky of that cold sunrise, it was ...
Zdzisław Najder, 2007
3
The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic Or Contemporary Icon?
amongst the merchant vessels at Sydney and that a standard is in use bearing appropriate devices.24 It is unclear whether or not the New South Wales Red Ensign was officially adopted, although it seems unlikely on the evidence; certainly ...
Carol A. Foley, 1996
4
Flag and Nation: Australians and their national flags since 1901
All but Victoria, which had its own red ensign, used the British red ensign for merchant ships. After federation and the selection of a design for two ensigns, the national flag in Australia remained the Union Jack. The two ensigns in the British  ...
Elizabeth Kwan, 2006
5
The Strange Demise of British Canada: The Liberals and ...
imperialist groups like the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire55 and the Sons of England that thought of the Red Ensign as the flag of Canada. Ironically, nationalists had flown the Canadian Red Ensign since 1870 precisely because it  ...
C.P. Champion, 2010
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Year Book Australia No. 67, 1983
Use of the Australian Red Ensign on ships and other craft In 1981 the Shipping Registration Act was passed. This Act, which also came into operation on 26 January 1982, together with its associated Navigation Amendment Act, replaced the ...
Australian Bureau of Statistics
7
Under the Red Ensign: British Passenger Liners of the ...
It was the Golden Age of British passenger shipping, when new liners were still being constructed and the finest liners afloat, the Cunard Queens, were at their peak.
William H. Miller, 2008
8
Canada and the End of Empire
Students were to be provided with explanations on the significance and use of other flags connected with Canada, such as the White Ensign, the Canadian Blue Ensign, and the Canadian Red Ensign, but it is clear that in 1939, as far as the ...
Phillip Buckner, 2007
9
Our Flag: The Story of Canada's Maple Leaf
The new Canadian coat of arms was added to the Red Ensign, a flag already used on Canadian ships and on land. The Canadian air force and army fought under this new flag at the end of World War II. After the war, in 1945, Parliament ...
Ann Maureen Owens, Jane Yealland, 2014
10
Bareboat and Charter (Ship) Registration
12.1 The Red Ensign Group and Conference This chapter discusses the registration practices in the first half (alphabetical order A-G) of the Red Ensign Group (REG). The chapter opens with an outline of what constitutes the group. The REG ...
... Ademuni-Odeke, Dr. Ademuni-Odeke, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RED ENSIGN»

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UK shipping industry calls for reforms to the red ensign
Athens: Major reforms must be made to the red ensign to make the nation's shipping register more competitive with its international rivals, according to a new ... «Splash 247, Jul 15»
2
Reform red ensign or see it die – industry warns
The way the UK shipping register is administrated needs urgent reform or the red ensign will die, industry has warned. Data emerged early in 2015 showing that ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
3
Yacht brokerage Red Ensign expands into Plymouth's King Point …
Mark Brimacombe, Marina Manager at Sutton Harbour Holdings Plc, and Dave Triggs of Red Ensign, standing outside the new office at King Point Marina in ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
4
Minister: Red Ensign Conference “A Success”
The 2015 Red Ensign Group Conference “was truly a success”, Minister of Tourism Development and Transport Shawn Crockwell said in the House of Assembly ... «Bernews, Jul 15»
5
History lives on at Langley university
A replica of the Red Ensign given to Robert Thompson, is on display (next to a photo of Thompson) in namesake building at Trinity Western University. «Langley AdvanceNews, Jul 15»
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Video: Minister Opens Red Ensign Conference
The Red Ensign Group Conference held this week with British Shipping Registers from the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies [Isle of Man, Guernsey ... «Bernews, Jun 15»
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Minister Opens Red Ensign Group Conference
The Red Ensign Group Conference is being held this week with British Shipping Registers from the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies [Isle of Man, ... «Bernews, Jun 15»
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Bermuda To Host Red Ensign Group Conference
The Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport today announced that Bermuda will host this year's Red Ensign Group [REG] Conference from 23-25 June ... «Bernews, Jun 15»
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Michael Russell: Petition aims to see boats flying the flag for Scotland
The only frill they added to it was a flag – a red ensign with a blue-and-white saltire emblem in the top left corner instead of the usual red, white and blue Union ... «The National, May 15»
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Helston teenager Lucy Campbell in Falmouth to Azores Red Ensign
At noon on June 6, more than seventy yachts will sail out of Falmouth Bay for the start of the Red Ensign AZAB 2015 race. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the ... «West Briton, Apr 15»
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