Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revenue ensign

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: rev-enue en-sign
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The flag of the United States Customs Service.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

revenue ensigns (plural)

Questions

What does revenue ensign mean?: The flag of the United States Customs Service.

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