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English Dictionary: pennant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pennant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pennant n the award given to the champion Synonym(s): pennant, crown a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) a long flag; often tapering Synonym(s): pennant, pennon, streamer, waft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pennant \Pen"nant\, n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow, [or] long, pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The {board pennant} is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. [bd]With flags and pennants trimmed.[b8] --Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.