Ensign and Symbol

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Ensign noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

Usage example: that ensign of tutorial authority, the hickory stick

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Symbol is a synonym for ensign in emblem topic. In some cases you can use "Symbol" instead a noun "Ensign", when it comes to topics like flag.

Symbol noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

Usage example: the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake

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Ensign is a synonym for symbol in emblem topic. You can use "Ensign" instead a noun "Symbol".

old	old ensign	old symbol
female	female ensign	female symbol
particular	particular ensign	particular symbol
green	green ensign	green symbol
Other adjectives: male, new, former.

The desire to create a new Canadian flag that didn't have a British symbol as per the Red Ensign came out of the Canadian involvement in peacekeeping after the Suez Crisis, in 1956.

Source: Newer Than They Think

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