pennon

[ pen-uhn ]

/ ˈpɛn ən /

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noun

a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.

a pennant.

any flag or banner.

a wing or pinion.

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Origin of pennon

1325–75; Middle English penon<Middle French, augmentative of Old French pene<Latin penna or pinna feather. See pen¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pennon

pennoned, adjectiveun·pen·noned, adjective

Words nearby pennon

Pennines, Pennine Way, penning, penning gate, penninite, pennon, pennoncel, Pennsauken, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvanian

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How to use pennon in a sentence

The Duke's casque was beaten and gory, his long white pennon red-dyed, his horse wounded.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
And straight toward them cantered a merry body of cavaliers and men-at-arms, Louis's broad pennon leading.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
They ceased speaking as the thin pennon of smoke, followed by two tall masts, became visible over the horizon.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
On his lance he bore a red pennon; a tress of my hair served him for a belt, from which hung his sword.
Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes|Charles Sellers and Others

Penn′oncelle, a small flag like a pennon; Penn′oncier, a knight-bachelor.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pennon

pennon

/ (ˈpɛnən) /

noun

a long flag, often tapering and rounded, divided, or pointed at the end, originally a knight's personal flag

a small tapering or triangular flag borne on a ship or boat

a poetic word for wing

Word Origin for pennon

C14: via Old French ultimately from Latin penna feather

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