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pendragon

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pen⋅drag⋅on

  [pen-drag-uhn]
–noun
the supreme leader: the title of certain ancient British chiefs.
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Origin:
1470–80; < ML (Geoffrey of Monmouth) Uthyrpendragun Uther Pendragon, taken as Medieval Welsh pen(n) head + *dragun < LL dracōnēs, pl. of dracō military standard, L: serpent, dragon (hence, chief or head standard), though the compound is unattested in Welsh sources outside of translations of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Related forms:
pen⋅drag⋅on⋅ish, adjective
pen⋅drag⋅on⋅ship, noun

Pen⋅drag⋅on

  [pen-drag-uhn]
–noun
either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def. 2), Uther.
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pendragon 
"Welsh warlord" (mainly known now in Arthurian Uther Pendragon), 1470, title of a chief leader in war of ancient Britain or Wales, from pen "head" + dragon (q.v.), which figured on the standard of a cohort.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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