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revenue ensign

revenue ensign noun: the flag of the United States Customs Service.

revenue ensign: the flag of the United States Customs Service
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Noun

revenue ensign (plural revenue ensigns)

  1. (US, historical) The flag of the United States Customs Service.
    • It may not be generally known, that revenue ensigns have a crown and star in the fly, to distinguish them from those worn by vessels under the orders of the Admiralty.1846, James Lindridge, Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea

Forms of revenue ensign

pluralrevenue ensigns

Questions about revenue ensign

What does revenue ensign mean?
Revenue ensign means the flag of the United States Customs Service.
What part of speech is revenue ensign?
Revenue ensign is a noun.
What is the plural of revenue ensign?
The plural of revenue ensign is revenue ensigns.

Words near revenue ensign in the dictionary

  1. revenue bill
  2. revenue bills
  3. Revenue Canada
  4. revenue cutter
  5. revenue cutters
  6. revenue ensign
  7. revenue ensigns
  8. revenue land
  9. revenue management
  10. revenue raising
  11. revenue recognition

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