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There is plenty of money in his little store to buy his brother's ensigncy; but if he can win it without purchase by gallantry and good conduct, that were best.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The young Earl at last asked Sir Robert Walpole for an ensigncy in the Guards.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

One says, you may have that thing at Pernambuco, and then another says, 'Very well, there 's an ensigncy in the Fifty-ninth.'

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

I held that post until the end of the war, when I was invalided home and promoted to an ensigncy on the half-pay list.

From The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa by Percy-Groves, J.

He accordingly recommended him for an ensigncy in one of the West India regiments; and before that day twelvemonth, he had risen to the rank of lieutenant.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William