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fan⋅ion

[fan-yuhn]
–noun
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.

Origin:
1700–10; < F, dim. of fanon fanon
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fan·ion   (fān'yən)   
n.  A small flag for marking a position, used especially by surveyors or soldiers.

[French, alteration of *fanillon, diminutive of fanon, maniple, from Old French, from Frankish *fanō.]
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