pennant

[pen-uhnt] Origin

pen·nant

[pen-uhnt]
noun
1.
a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.
2.
any relatively long, tapering flag.
3.
a flag serving as an emblem of victory or championship, especially in baseball.
4.
Music. hook (def. 12a).
5.
Nautical. pendant (def. 6).

Origin:
1605–15; blend of pennon and pendant

pendant, pendent, pennant, pundit.
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Pennant is always a great word to know.
So is dotted half rest. Does it mean:
tone lowered a half step in pitch
consists of a half rest plus a dot
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pennant (ˈpɛnənt)
 
n
1.  a type of pennon, esp one flown from vessels as identification or for signalling
2.  chiefly (US), (Canadian), (Austral)
 a.  a flag serving as an emblem of championship in certain sports
 b.  (as modifier): pennant cricket
3.  nautical another word for pendant
4.  same as flag
 
[C17: probably a blend of pendant and pennon]

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Word Origin & History

pennant
1611, "rope for hoisting," probably a blend of pendant (q.v.) in the nautical sense of "suspended rope" and pennon (q.v.). Use for "flag on a warship" first recorded 1698; "flag symbolizing a sports championship" (especially baseball) is from
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1880; as a synonym for "championship" it was first used 1915.
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