pennant

[ pen-uh nt ]

/ ˈpɛn ənt /

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noun

a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.

any relatively long, tapering flag.

a flag serving as an emblem of victory or championship, especially in baseball.

Music. hook¹(def 12a).

Nautical. pendant(def 6).

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Origin of pennant

1605–15; blend of pennon and pendant

Can be confusedpendant pendent pennant pundit

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With a pennant, a season, at stake, many pitchers would have taken the shot unhesitatingly.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the midst of this, almost unnoticed, the Yankees clinched the pennant.
Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records|Bill Bryson|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The New York Yankees will not even make the playoffs, let alone win the American League pennant or the World Series.
8 Nightmares in 2011: U.S. Economy, Olbermann, More|Leslie H. Gelb|January 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Sahwah suggested that we print our inquiry on a pennant and fasten it across the front of the car.
The Campfire Girls Go Motoring|Hildegard G. Frey

Mr. Pennant says, that this snake will frequently lie at the bottom of a tree, on which a squirrel is seated.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
The former, as commodore, hoisted his pennant on the Indefatigable, the latter on the Rvolutionaire.
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould
Pennant so uses the word in his Whiteford and Hollywell, p. 33.
Notes and Queries, Number 136, June 5, 1852|Various
And even if we win the pennant, theres the World Series, and thats something else again.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for pennant

pennant

/ (ˈpɛnənt) /

noun

a type of pennon, esp one flown from vessels as identification or for signalling

mainly US, Canadian and Australian

a flag serving as an emblem of championship in certain sports
(as modifier)pennant cricket

nautical another word for pendant (def. 5)

same as flag 1 (def. 10)

Word Origin for pennant

C17: probably a blend of pendant and pennon

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Word Origin and History for pennant

pennant

1610s, "rope for hoisting," probably a blend of pendant in the nautical sense of "suspended rope" and pennon. Use for "flag on a warship" first recorded 1690s; "flag symbolizing a sports championship" (especially baseball) is from 1880; as a synonym for "championship" it was first used 1915.

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