fanon
noun
a maniple.
fanon
1 American
[fan-uhn]
/ ˈfæn ən /
noun
Ecclesiastical.
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a maniple.
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Also called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
Fanon
2
American
[fan-uhn, fa -nawn]
/ ˈfæn ən, faˈnɔ̃ /
noun
fanon
3
American
[fan-uhn]
/ ˈfæn ən /
noun
-
fanons
plural
fanon
British
/ ˈfænən /
noun
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a collar-shaped vestment worn by the pope when celebrating mass
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(formerly) various pieces of embroidered fabric used in the liturgy
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fanon
1350–1400; Middle English fano ( u ) n < Anglo-French; Old French fanum < Old Low Franconian *fano piece of fabric; compare Old High German, Old Saxon fano in same sense ( German Fahne flag), early Medieval Latin fano maniple; see vane, gonfalon
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Klink pointed out — and some fanon writers have broken through to mainstream popularity, challenging the white-dude dominance of some genres.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
“I don’t know how many fandoms I’ve been in where the fanon life of a character was far more robust than what we saw in canon,” Ms. Deonn told me.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Wikipedia refers to these as "fanon," a word I'm both delighted and appalled to know exists.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2013
It is proposed, therefore, to re-establish in the Arret, the expression of the Hanseatic treaty, and to add, from the same treaty, the articles "baleine coupée et fanon de baleine."
From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Thomas Jefferson
He bequeaths to various parish churches and persons, "My vestment of crimson satin—my vestment of crimson velvet—my stole and fanon set with pearl—my black gown faced with taffeta," &c.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
The controversy gained traction because of Smith’s record of championing the marginalized, citing theorists like Frantz Fanon while targeting empires and the omnipresent patriarchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
They quoted postcolonial theorist Frantz Fanon, Black liberation activist Marcus Garvey, the late poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and comedian Romesh Ranganathan, who has frequently joked that his mum calls him a coconut for not speaking Tamil.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
Dominique Morisseau’s characters are, as the post-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon once described himself, often paralyzed “at the crossroads between nothingness and infinity.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Shatz says he was particularly interested in female witnesses to broaden his portrait of Fanon, who is often seen through the “masculine” lens of “power and violence and guns.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Some of the boys, with their new Yoruba names, beseeched these girls by citing Frantz Fanon.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
About this time, the general was offered 1000 fanons for the ship which had been taken by Coello; but he refused to sell any thing to his enemies, and ordered her to be burnt.
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