Ensign
Ensign noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.
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Type
Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
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- Star Trek: Voyager has this type of relationship among Janeway, Paris and Kim, with Kim as the wet-behind-the-ears Ensign Newbie, Paris as the pragmatist who's trying to influence Kim and Janeway as the moral beacon for Kim and the rest of the crew.
Source: Knight, Knave and Squire - Her favourite is Ensign Beverley, an impoverished officer — actually Jack Absolute, son of a wealthy baronet, who is pretending to be an impoverished officer because he figured out early on that Lydia is the type who would always prefer the poor suitor in a Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor situation.
Source: Theatre / The Rivals -
Knight, Knave and Squire: This type of relationship is present between Janeway, Paris and Kim with Squire Kim as the wet-behind-the-ears Ensign Newbie, Knave Paris as the pragmatist who's trying to influence Kim and Knight Janeway as the moral beacon for Kim and the rest of the crew.
Source: Series / Star Trek: Voyager
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