revenue ensign

noun

The flag of the United States Customs Service.

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Meanings

nounrevenue ensign (plural revenue ensigns)

plural revenue ensigns

  1. UShistoricalThe flag of the United States Customs Service.

    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.

    1846, James Lindridge, Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea
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APA

revenue ensign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenue%20ensign

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“revenue ensign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenue%20ensign. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revenue ensign,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revenue%20ensign.

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