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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
  • A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
  • A prominent flag or banner.
  • nautical The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
  • The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.

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