Ensign
Ensign noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.
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Second lieutenant and ensign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Second lieutenant" instead a noun "Ensign".
Second lieutenant
Second lieutenant noun - A commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank.
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Ensign and second lieutenant are semantically related. You can use "Ensign" instead a noun phrase "Second lieutenant".
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Cynthia Robbins is ranked a Second Lieutenant, but that's an army rank and the rest of the Space Command ranks are navy (she should be an Ensign, or perhaps Lieutenant Junior Grade).
Source: Literature / The Flight Engineer
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