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pennant

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pen·nant  (pnnt)
n.
1. Nautical A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.
2. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.
3. Sports
a. A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
b. The championship symbolized by such a flag.

[Blend of pendant and pennon.]

pennant [ˈpɛnənt]
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a type of pennon, esp one flown from vessels as identification or for signalling
2. (General Sporting Terms) Chiefly US, Canadian, and Austral
a.  a flag serving as an emblem of championship in certain sports
b.  (as modifier) pennant cricket
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical another word for pendant [5]
[probably a blend of pendant and pennon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pennantpennant - the award given to the champion      
accolade, honor, laurels, honour, award - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
2.pennant - a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
signal flag, flag - a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
3.pennantpennant - a long flag; often tapering          
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
pennoncel, pennoncelle, penoncel - a small pennant borne on a lance

pennant
noun flag, jack, banner, ensign, streamer, burgee (Nautical), pennon, banderole The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.
Translations
pennant [ˈpenənt] Nbanderín m (Naut) → gallardete m

pennant [ˈpɛnənt] nflamme f, banderole f

pennant
nWimpel m

pennant [ˈpɛnənt] nbandierina
pennant [ˈpɛnənt] nbandierina

pennant
n pennant [ˈpenənt]
a small flag, usually in the shape of a long narrow triangle The boy had fastened a brightly-coloured pennant to the front of his bike. vlaggie راية مُستَطيلَه على السُّفُن вимпел praporek, vlaječka vimpel der Wimpel τριγωνική σημαιούλα banderola, banderín, gallardete (náutico) vimpel پرچم سه گوش viiri flamme דֶגֶל אִיתוּת पताका signalna zastavica,trokutasta zastavica zászló(cska) panji-panji veifa, fáni bandierina 小旗 기다란 삼각기, 페넌트 vėliavėlė, vimpelas vimpelis panji-panji wimpel vimpel proporzec galhardete fanion флажок, вымпел plamenec zastavica zastavica vimpel ธงสามเหลี่ยม flâma (細長)三角旗 флажок у вигляді трикутника چھوٹا جھنڈہ cờ hiệu ()


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--Giving a party to the last arrived harpooneers, I dare say, gay as a frigate's pennant, and so am I--fa, la
But I can declare she is a man-of-war, for a long pennant flutters from her main mast.
Pennant has engraved a view of the famous Dun-Dornadilla in Glenelg; and there are many others, all of them built after a peculiar mode of architecture, which argues a people in the most primitive state of society.
 
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