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revenue ensigns

revenue ensigns is the plural of revenue ensign.

Meaning of revenue ensign

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

Questions about revenue ensigns

What is revenue ensigns the plural of?
Revenue ensigns is the plural of revenue ensign.

Words near revenue ensigns in the dictionary

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

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