pennon
4 synonyms for pennon, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A narrow flag, often pointed or split at the end, once flown from a knight's lance or helmet, and later from a lancer regiment's weapon.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
The word comes from Late Middle English pennon, penoun (“long narrow flag attached to a lance or used in other contexts; one who bears a pennon, knight bachelor; plume of feathers; strip around the edge of a shield”). This came from Anglo-Norman penun (“feather of an arrow”), penoun (“flag attached to a lance”), Middle...
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