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pennon

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pen⋅non

  [pen-uhn]
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–noun
1. a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
2. a pennant.
3. any flag or banner.
4. a wing or pinion.
Origin:
1325–75; ME penon < MF, aug. of OF pene < L penna or pinna feather. See pen 1

Related forms:
pennoned, adjective
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pen·non   (pěn'ən)   
n.  

  1. A long narrow banner or streamer borne upon a lance.

  2. A pennant, banner, or flag.

  3. A pinion; a wing.


[Middle English, from Old French penon, streamer, feather of an arrow, augmentative of penne, feather, from Latin penna; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pen'noned adj.
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Word Origin & History

pennon 
1375, from O.Fr. penon "feather of an arrow, streamer," from penne "feather," from L. penna "feather" (see pen (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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