Definition of pennon Pennon
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We found 10 definitions of pennon from 6 different sources.
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What does pennon mean?
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NounPlural: pennons |
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| pennon - wing of a bird | ||
| pinion | ||
| wing a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) | ||
| bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| pennon - a long flag; often tapering | ||
| pennant, streamer, waft | ||
| flag a conspicuously marked or shaped tail | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pennon (n.)
A wing; a pinion. - pennon (n.)
A pennant; a flag or streamer.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pennon
pen′on, n. a flag, a medieval knight-bachelor's ensign: a long narrow flag: a pinion or wing.—ns. Penn′oncelle, a small flag like a pennon; Penn′oncier, a knight-bachelor.—adj. Penn′oned, bearing a pennon. [Cf. Pennant.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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pennon
(Fr.). Formerly a copper wing of a long, light arrow (vireton), substituted for a feather. -
pennon
In former times was something like a banner, but with the addition of a triangular point, charged with arms, and borne before knights-bachelors.
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🔤- pennon, noun, singular of pennons.
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