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† ˈensign-ˌbearer Obs.
One who carried a company's ensign; = ensign n. 7.
1579Digges Stratiot. 89 The ensigne bearer ought, when the warre is ended, to deliver up to hys captayne agayne hys Ensigne. 1582–8Hist. James VI (1804) 134 Alexander Bog ansenȝie bearer to Capitane Meluill. 1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 72 An Ensigne-bearer..was slaine. 1672Venne Mil. Observations, Exercise Foot 177. |