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Pennant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEN'NANT
PEN'NATE
PEN'NATED, a. [L.pennatus, winged, from penna, a quill or wing.]
1. Winged.
2. In botany, a pennate leaf is a compound leaf in which a simple petiole has several leaflets attached to each side of it. [See Pinnate.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the award given to the champion [syn: pennant, crown]
2: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
3: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of pendant Date: 1698 1. a. any of various nautical flags tapering usually to a point or swallowtail and used for identification or signaling b. a flag or banner longer in the fly than in the hoist; especially one that tapers to a point 2. a flag emblematic of championship (as in a professional baseball league); also the championship itself

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Naut. a tapering flag, esp. that flown at the masthead of a vessel in commission. 2 = PENDANT 3a. 3 = PENNON. 4 US a flag denoting a sports championship etc. Etymology: blend of PENDANT and PENNON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. ``With flags and pennants trimmed.'' --Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pennants) 1. A pennant is a long, narrow, triangular flag. The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant. N-COUNT 2. In baseball, a pennant is a flag that is given each year to the top team in a league. The championship is also called the pennant. (AM) The Red Sox lost the pennant to Detroit by a single game. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Naut.) Pendant, pennon, small flag.

Moby Thesaurus

Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, and blue, banderole, banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, bunting, burgee, coachwhip, color, colors, ensign, flag, gonfalon, gonfanon, guidon, house flag, jack, long pennant, merchant flag, national flag, oriflamme, pendant, pennon, pennoncel, red, red ensign, royal standard, signal flag, standard, streamer, swallowtail, tricolor, vexillum, white