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pennant(1) (iou)



pennant noun1. LME.
[Blend of PENNON and PENDANT noun.]
a. = PENNON 1. (rare before E19.) LME.
R. Rendell The pennants on the turrets streamed in the wind, taut and fluttering.
b. Nautical. A sharply tapering flag; spec. one flown at the masthead of a ship in commission. Cf. earlier PENDANT noun 5b. L17.
broad pennant a short swallow-tailed pennant marking a commodore's ship in a squadron.
R. Travers Swanhilda..ran up her signal flag, a pennant which gave her number and port of registration.
c. Sport. A flag symbolizing a league championship or identifying a team; the championship itself. N. Amer. L19.
G. Adair A Bob Dylan poster and a college football team pennant were pinned to the walls. attrib.: New York Times The Red Sox..a pennant contender, did not lose more than 4 games in..the entire season.
Nautical. = PENDANT noun 5a. E17.
pennanted adjective having or decorated with a pennant or pennants M19.