The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ENSIGN
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More clues leading to the result ENSIGN
- Standard kind, heading off to tour south
- Flag officer
- Standard, partially declining, is never going up
- Standard some citizens ignore
- Returning from action, GIs need this American officer
- Standard element of McLaren’s ignition
- Learning is necessary, helping to raise the standard
- Junior officer found on the staff
- The standard of children’s ignorance
- US officer is over in English navy
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What does ENSIGN mean?
ENSIGN noun- A badge of office, rank, or power.
- The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
- A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
- The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
- Any prominent flag or banner.
- A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
- To designate as by an ensign.
- To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
- To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.