pennon

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pen·non / ˈpenən/ • n. 1. a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, esp. as the military ensign of lancer regiments. Also called pennant.2. another term for pennant (sense 2). DERIVATIVES: pen·noned adj.

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pennon

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pennon long narrow flag or streamer XIV; (poet.) wing, pinion XVII. — (O)F.:- Rom. deriv. of L. penna PEN2.

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