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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pennant \Pen"nant\, noun [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow pennant}, or {long pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The {board pennant} is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. ''With flags and pennants trimmed.'' --Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pennant
noun
1: the award given to the champion [syn: {crown}]
2: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
3: a long flag; often tapering [syn: {pennon}, {streamer}, {waft}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "pennant": Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, and blue, banderole, banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, bunting, burgee, coachwhip, color, colors, ensign, flag, gonfalon, gonfanon, guidon, house flag, jack, long pennant, merchant flag, national flag, oriflamme, pendant, pennon, pennoncel, red, red ensign, royal standard, signal flag, standard, streamer, swallowtail, tricolor, vexillum, white
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